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What does deceive mean? Is deceive a Scrabble word?

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Is deceive a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deceive is a Scrabble US word. The word deceive is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

D2E1C3E1I1V4E1

Is deceive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deceive is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

D2E1C3E1I1V4E1

Is deceive a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word deceive is a Words With Friends word. The word deceive is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1C4E1I1V5E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

DECEIVE,

6-letter words (1 found)

DEVICE,

5-letter words (3 found)

DEEVE,DEICE,VICED,

4-letter words (14 found)

CEDE,CEDI,CIDE,CIVE,DEEV,DEVI,DICE,DIVE,EIDE,ICED,IDEE,VICE,VIDE,VIED,

3-letter words (13 found)

CEE,CID,DEE,DEI,DEV,DIE,DIV,EVE,ICE,IDE,VEE,VID,VIE,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,ID,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 38 words from deceive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deceive

deceive

Alternative forms

  • deceave (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deceyven, desayven, dissayven, from Old French decever, decevoir, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē- (“from”) + capiō (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈsiːv/
  • Hyphenation: de‧ceive
  • Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

deceive (third-person singular simple present deceives, present participle deceiving, simple past and past participle deceived)

  1. (transitive) To trick or mislead.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:deceive

Derived terms

Related terms

  • deception
  • deceptive
  • deceit

Translations

Further reading

  • “deceive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “deceive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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