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Is demean a Scrabble word?

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

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Is demean a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1M3E1A1N1

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

D2E1M4E1A1N2

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6-letter words (4 found)

AMENDE,AMENED,DEMEAN,MEANED,

5-letter words (14 found)

ADEEM,ADMEN,AMEND,AMENE,DEMAN,EANED,EDEMA,EMEND,ENEMA,MANED,MEANE,MENAD,MENED,NAMED,

4-letter words (20 found)

AMEN,DAME,DAMN,DEAN,DEEM,DEEN,DEME,DENE,MADE,MAND,MANE,MEAD,MEAN,MEED,MEND,MENE,NAME,NEED,NEEM,NEMA,

3-letter words (24 found)

AME,AND,ANE,DAE,DAM,DAN,DEE,DEN,EAN,EEN,EME,END,ENE,MAD,MAE,MAN,MED,MEE,MEN,MNA,NAE,NAM,NED,NEE,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AE,AM,AN,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,EM,EN,MA,ME,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 78 words from demean according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of demean

demean

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈmiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

(1595) From de- +‎ mean (“lowly, base, common”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of imene (“mean, base, common”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”). Compare English bemean.

Verb

demean (third-person singular simple present demeans, present participle demeaning, simple past and past participle demeaned)

  1. To debase; to lower; to degrade.
  2. To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
  3. To mortify.
Synonyms
  • debase
  • lower
  • degrade
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin mināre, from minārī (“to threaten”).

Verb

demean (third-person singular simple present demeans, present participle demeaning, simple past and past participle demeaned)

  1. (obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
  2. (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
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Noun

demean (usually uncountable, plural demeans)

  1. (obsolete) Management; treatment.
  2. (obsolete) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
    • 1739, Gilbert West, A canto of the Fairy Queen (later called On the Abuse of Travelling)
      with grave demean and solemn vanity
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Related terms

  • demeanor

Etymology 3

Variant of demesne.

Noun

demean (plural demeans)

  1. demesne.
  2. resources; means.
Translations

Etymology 4

de- +‎ mean

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdiːˈmiːn/

Verb

demean (third-person singular simple present demeans, present participle demeaning, simple past and past participle demeaned)

  1. (statistics, transitive) To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a data set).

Anagrams

  • Medean, Nadeem, amende, amened, dename, meaned

Source: wiktionary.org