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Is delude a Scrabble word?

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

D2E1L1U1D2E1

Is delude a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1L1U1D2E1

Is delude a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word delude is a Words With Friends word. The word delude is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1L2U2D2E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

DELUDE,DUELED,ELUDED,

5-letter words (2 found)

DELED,ELUDE,

4-letter words (10 found)

DEED,DELE,DUDE,DUED,DUEL,DULE,LEDE,LEED,LEUD,LUDE,

3-letter words (11 found)

DEE,DEL,DUD,DUE,EEL,ELD,LED,LEE,LEU,LUD,ULE,

2-letter words (4 found)

DE,ED,EE,EL,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from delude according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of delude

delude

Etymology

From Middle English deluden, from Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), from de + lūdō ("I make sport of, I mock"). See ludicrous.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈluːd/, /dɪˈljuːd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈluːd/, /dəˈluːd/
  • Rhymes: -uːd

Verb

delude (third-person singular simple present deludes, present participle deluding, simple past and past participle deluded)

  1. (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.

Synonyms

  • (to deceive): deceive, mislead

Related terms

  • delusion
  • delusional
  • deluded
  • allude
  • elude
  • illude

Translations

Anagrams

  • dueled, eluded

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈlu.de/
  • Rhymes: -ude
  • Hyphenation: de‧lù‧de

Verb

delude

  1. third-person singular present indicative of deludere

Latin

Verb

dēlūde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēlūdō

Middle English

Verb

delude

  1. Alternative form of deluden

Spanish

Verb

delude

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

Source: wiktionary.org