DEVOUR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DEVOUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEVOUR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEVOUR is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEVOUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
devoursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEVOUR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEVOUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What does DEVOUR mean in Scrabble?
verb
To eat something hungrily and quickly, or to consume or destroy something completely.
Devour suggests appetite without restraint, the way a starving animal or a hungry child goes at a meal. The meaning stretches easily beyond food: fire can devour a building, and a keen reader can devour a book in one evening. The word comes through French from Latin, where it was built on the idea of swallowing down.
How DEVOUR is used
Used literally for eating and figuratively for fire, reading, or strong feelings that take hold of a person.
- The hungry dog began to devour its dinner at once.
- Flames can devour a dry barn in minutes.
- She would devour a novel in a single night.
- The children devour fresh bread as soon as it leaves the oven.
- Curiosity seemed to devour him until he found the answer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEVOUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEVOUR
8 longer words begin with DEVOUR.
Shorter words from the letters in DEVOUR
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Common questions about DEVOUR
- Is DEVOUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEVOUR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEVOUR worth?
- DEVOUR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEVOUR mean?
- To eat something hungrily and quickly, or to consume or destroy something completely.
- What letters can be added to DEVOUR?
- DEVOUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEVOUR:
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