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Is deaf a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deaf is a Scrabble US word. The word deaf is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

D2E1A1F4

Is deaf a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deaf is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

D2E1A1F4

Is deaf a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word deaf is a Words With Friends word. The word deaf is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1A1F4

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4-letter words (2 found)

DEAF,FADE,

3-letter words (5 found)

DAE,DEF,FAD,FAE,FED,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AE,DA,DE,EA,ED,EF,FA,FE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from deaf according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deaf

deaf

English

Etymology

From Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛf/
  • (dated, regional US and England) IPA(key): /diːf/
  • (Early Modern) IPA(key): /dɛːf/
  • Rhymes: -ɛf
  • Homophones: Deaf, def; death (th-fronting)

Adjective

deaf (comparative deafer, superlative deafest)

  1. Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.
  2. Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.
  3. Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
  4. (obsolete) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
  5. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Decayed; tasteless; dead.

Synonyms

  • hard of hearing
  • hearing-impaired

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • inaudible (unable to be heard)
  • anosmic
  • blind

Noun

deaf (plural deafs)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) A deaf person.

Usage notes

Used primarily within the deaf community.

Translations

Verb

deaf (third-person singular simple present deafs, present participle deafing, simple past and past participle deafed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To deafen.

See also

  • Deafness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Deaf culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

  • EDFA, FDEA, fade

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daub.

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian dāf, Old Saxon dōf (Low German dow), Old High German toub (German taub), Old Norse daufr (Swedish döv). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek τυφλός (tyflós, “blind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dæ͜ɑːf/

Adjective

dēaf

  1. deaf
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: deef, def
    • English: deaf
    • Scots: deef, deif, deaf

Source: wiktionary.org