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Is delice a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word delice is a Scrabble US word. The word delice is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

D2E1L1I1C3E1

Is delice a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word delice is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

D2E1L1I1C3E1

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6-letter words (4 found)

CEILED,CIELED,DECILE,DELICE,

5-letter words (4 found)

CLIED,DEICE,EDILE,ELIDE,

4-letter words (19 found)

CEDE,CEDI,CEIL,CIDE,CIEL,DEIL,DELE,DELI,DICE,DIEL,EIDE,EILD,ICED,IDEE,IDLE,LEDE,LEED,LICE,LIED,

3-letter words (16 found)

CEE,CEL,CID,DEE,DEI,DEL,DIE,EEL,ELD,ICE,IDE,LED,LEE,LEI,LID,LIE,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,EL,ID,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 51 words from delice according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of delice

delice

Etymology 1

From Old French delice, from Latin dēlicium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈliːs/
  • Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

delice (plural delices)

  1. (obsolete) Delight, pleasure, especially sensual pleasure.

Derived terms

  • flower delice

Etymology 2

From de- +‎ lice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːˈlaɪs/

Verb

delice (third-person singular simple present delices, present participle delicing, simple past and past participle deliced)

  1. (transitive) To rid of lice.

Anagrams

  • ceiled, cieled, decile

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دلیجه (delice), from دلی (deli) or دلو (delu), equivalent to deli (“crazy, mad, insane”) +‎ -ce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈli.d͡ʒe/
  • Hyphenation: de‧li‧ce

Adjective

delice

  1. Behaving excessively, a little crazy.

Adverb

delice

  1. insanely, madly
    Synonyms: delicesine, deli gibi, çılgınca

Noun

delice (definite accusative deliceyi, plural deliceler)

  1. A wild plant of the Poaceae family with poisonous seeds; Lolium temulentum, darnel, false wheat.
  2. An olive tree that is not grafted.
  3. (colloquial) A hawk or a sparrow hawk.

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References

Further reading

  • “delice”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “delice”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1139

Source: wiktionary.org