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Is decide a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word decide is a Scrabble US word. The word decide is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is decide a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word decide is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

DECIDE,DEICED,

5-letter words (4 found)

CEDED,CIDED,DEICE,DICED,

4-letter words (10 found)

CEDE,CEDI,CIDE,DEED,DEID,DICE,DIED,EIDE,ICED,IDEE,

3-letter words (8 found)

CEE,CID,DEE,DEI,DID,DIE,ICE,IDE,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,ID,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 30 words from decide according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of decide

decide

Etymology

From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (“cut off, decide”), from dē (“down from”) + caedō (“cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈsaɪd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

decide (third-person singular simple present decides, present participle deciding, simple past and past participle decided)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
  2. (intransitive) to make a judgment, especially after deliberation
  3. (transitive) to cause someone to come to a decision
  4. (obsolete) to cut off; to separate

Usage notes

  • This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

  • make up one's mind
  • choose
  • determine
  • pick

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • de-iced, deiced

Asturian

Verb

decide

  1. third-person singular present indicative of decidir

Esperanto

Etymology

From decidi +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈt͡side/
  • Rhymes: -ide

Adverb

decide

  1. decisively
  2. decidedly

Galician

Verb

decide

  1. inflection of decidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Verb

decide

  1. present of decider
  2. imperative of decider

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃi.de/
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation: de‧cì‧de

Verb

decide

  1. third-person singular present indicative of decidere

Anagrams

  • decedi

Latin

Verb

dēcīde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēcīdō

Middle English

Verb

decide

  1. Alternative form of deciden

Portuguese

Verb

decide

  1. inflection of decidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décider, from Latin dēcidō.

Pronunciation

Verb

a decide (third-person singular present decide, past participle decis) 3rd conj.

  1. to decide
    Synonym: hotărî

Conjugation

Related terms

  • decizie

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deˈθide/ [d̪eˈθi.ð̞e]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /deˈside/ [d̪eˈsi.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Syllabification: de‧ci‧de

Verb

decide

  1. inflection of decidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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