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Yes. The word demiurge is a Scrabble US word. The word demiurge is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is demiurge a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word demiurge is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

DEMIURGE,

6-letter words (13 found)

DEGERM,DEMURE,EDGIER,EMIGRE,EMURED,GERMED,GRIMED,GUIDER,MERGED,MUDGER,REGIME,REMEID,UREIDE,

5-letter words (30 found)

DEGUM,DEMUR,DERIG,DIMER,DIRGE,EDGER,EIDER,EMERG,EMURE,GREED,GRIDE,GRIME,GRUED,GRUME,GUIDE,MERDE,MERED,MERGE,MIDGE,MIRED,MUDGE,MUDIR,MURED,MURID,REGIE,RIDGE,RIMED,RUDIE,URDEE,URGED,

4-letter words (57 found)

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3-letter words (50 found)

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2-letter words (16 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,EM,ER,GI,GU,ID,ME,MI,MU,RE,UG,UM,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 168 words from demiurge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of demiurge

demiurge

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δημιουργός (dēmiourgós, “one who works for the people; a skilled workman, a handicraftsman”) (whence Latin dēmiūrgus, French démiurge), from δήμιος (dḗmios, “belonging to the people, public”) (from δῆμος (dêmos, “the people”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂mos (“people”), from *deh₂- (“to divide”) + Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios), from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (“suffix creating an adjective from a noun”)) + Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker”) (from ἔργον (érgon, “labour; task; work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (“work”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.mɪ.ɜːdʒ/, /ˈdiː-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.miˌɚd͡ʒ/
  • Hyphenation: de‧mi‧urge

Noun

demiurge (plural demiurges)

  1. (Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
  2. (Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
  3. (figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
  4. (historical, Ancient Greece) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.

Usage notes

The word is capitalized as Demiurge when used as a name; however, in practice capitalization is inconsistent.

Alternative forms

  • Demiurge
  • demiurgos (plural demiurgoi) (based on the Greek word; more common in earlier works)
  • demiurgus (plural demiurgi) (based on the Latin word; more common in earlier works)

Derived terms

  • demiurgic, demiurgical
  • demiurgically

Translations

Further reading

  • demiurge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • demiurge (magistrate) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • demiurge (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Noun

dēmiūrge

  1. vocative singular of dēmiūrgus

Source: wiktionary.org