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Yes. The word dean is a Scrabble US word. The word dean is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is dean a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dean is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

DEAN,

3-letter words (9 found)

AND,ANE,DAE,DAN,DEN,EAN,END,NAE,NED,

2-letter words (10 found)

AD,AE,AN,DA,DE,EA,ED,EN,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 21 words from dean according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dean

dean edan daen aden eadn aedn dena edna dnea ndea enda neda dane adne dnae ndae ande nade eand aend enad nead aned naed

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Definitions and meaning of dean

dean

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːn/, [diːn], [dĩːn], enPR: dēn
  • Rhymes: -iːn
  • Homophones: dene, 'dine, Dean

Etymology 1

From Middle English den, deen (“dean”), from Anglo-Norman deen and continental Old French deien (modern French doyen), from Latin decānus. Doublet of doyen.

Noun

dean (plural deans)

  1. A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
  2. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
  3. The senior member of some group of people.
    dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador
    dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature
Synonyms
  • (Head of cathedral chapter): provost
Derived terms
  • dean and chapter
  • deanery
  • deaness
  • rural dean
Related terms
  • decanal
  • doyen (doublet)
Translations

Verb

dean (third-person singular simple present deans, present participle deaning, simple past and past participle deaned)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To serve as a dean.
  2. (transitive, Oxbridge, otherwise rare, informal) To send (a student) to see the dean of a college or university.

Etymology 2

Related to den.

Noun

dean (plural deans)

  1. (Sussex, chiefly in place names) A hill.

Etymology 3

Noun

dean (plural deans)

  1. (Northumbria, chiefly in place names) Alternative form of dene.

Anagrams

  • Aden, Dane, Dena, Edna, Enda, Nead, aden-, ande, eDNA, nade

Basque

Noun

dean

  1. inessive singular of de

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Compare Italian decano, Venetian degàn, French doyen.

Noun

dean m (plural deans)

  1. (religion) dean
  2. doyen

Related terms

  • dîs

Galician

Verb

dean

  1. inflection of dar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Source: wiktionary.org