DUE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. DUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUE is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What does DUE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Owed or owing as a debt or an obligation.
Due came from a French past participle meaning owed, and the sense of expected — the train is due — grew straight out of that idea of something owing. Due to as a preposition has been criticised for a century and used throughout it.
How DUE is used
After the verb. Also a noun: dues, a subscription.
- The rent is due on the first and paid on the fourth.
- The train is due in nine minutes according to the board.
- Membership dues went up and nobody left.
- Due to is criticised more often than it is avoided.
- The word due once meant simply owed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUE
Showing 24 of 48 words that begin with DUE.
Words ending in DUE
10 words end in DUE. Useful as a back hook: play DUE onto a word already on the board.
Words with DUE inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain DUE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DUE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUE
Common questions about DUE
- Is DUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUE worth?
- DUE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUE mean?
- Owed or owing as a debt or an obligation.
- What letters can be added to DUE?
- DUE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DUE:
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