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Is deadly a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deadly is a Scrabble US word. The word deadly is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

D2E1A1D2L1Y4

Is deadly a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deadly is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

D2E1A1D2L1Y4

Is deadly a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word deadly is a Words With Friends word. The word deadly is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1A1D2L2Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

DEADLY,

5-letter words (8 found)

ADDLE,DALED,DEDAL,DELAY,LADDY,LADED,LAYED,LEADY,

4-letter words (14 found)

ADDY,DALE,DEAD,DEAL,DYAD,DYED,EDDY,LADE,LADY,LEAD,YALD,YALE,YEAD,YELD,

3-letter words (20 found)

ADD,ALE,AYE,DAD,DAE,DAL,DAY,DEL,DEY,DYE,ELD,LAD,LAY,LEA,LED,LEY,LYE,YAD,YAE,YEA,

2-letter words (12 found)

AD,AE,AL,AY,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,LA,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 56 words from deadly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deadly

deadly

Etymology

From Middle English dedly, dedlych, dedlich, from Old English dēadlīċ (adjective); corresponding to dead +‎ -ly. Cognate with Dutch dodelijk, German tödlich.

The adverb is from Middle English dedliche, from Old English dēadlīċe (adverb), from the adjective.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛd.li/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdli

Adjective

deadly (comparative deadlier or more deadly, superlative deadliest or most deadly)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Subject to death; mortal.
  2. Causing death; lethal.
  3. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile.
  4. Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.).
  5. (informal) Very boring.
  6. (informal, Australian Aboriginal, Ireland, Newfoundland) Excellent, awesome, cool.

Usage notes

  • The sense "excellent, awesome, cool" is associated especially with Canada, but is also used in Ireland, and in Australia, where it is especially used by or in connection with Indigenous Australians. It is thought that the term first arrived in Canada via Irish migrants to Newfoundland.

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Adverb

deadly (comparative more deadly, superlative most deadly)

  1. (obsolete) Fatally, mortally.
  2. In a way which suggests death.
  3. Extremely, incredibly.

Derived terms

  • fail-deadly

Collocations

Some adjectives commonly collocating with deadly:

  • deadly serious
  • deadly clever
  • deadly good

Translations

Related terms

  • dead

Source: wiktionary.org