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Is depend a Scrabble word?

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

D2E1P3E1N1D2

Is depend a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1P3E1N1D2

Is depend a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word depend is a Words With Friends word. The word depend is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1P4E1N2D2

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6-letter words (2 found)

DEPEND,PENDED,

5-letter words (2 found)

ENDED,PENED,

4-letter words (10 found)

DEED,DEEN,DEEP,DENE,NEED,NEEP,PEED,PEEN,PEND,PENE,

3-letter words (12 found)

DEE,DEN,DEP,EEN,END,ENE,NED,NEE,NEP,PED,PEE,PEN,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,ED,EE,EN,NE,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from depend according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of depend

depend

Etymology

From Middle English dependen, from Old French dependre and Latin dependeō, from Latin dē- + pendeō (“to hang”). In this sense, displaced native Old English hangian (“to hang or depend”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈpɛnd/, /də-/, /di-/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

depend (third-person singular simple present depends, present participle depending, simple past and past participle depended)

  1. (intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.
  3. (intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
  4. (now literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
  5. (archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
  6. (transitive) To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.

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References

  • “depend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “depend”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • pended

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