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Is depress a Scrabble word?

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

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Is depress a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1P3R1E1S1S1

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

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7-letter words (3 found)

DEPRESS,PRESSED,SPERSED,

6-letter words (9 found)

PERSES,PRESES,SEDERS,SPEEDS,SPEERS,SPERSE,SPREDS,SPREED,SPREES,

5-letter words (29 found)

DEEPS,DEERS,DERES,DESSE,DREES,DRESS,ERSES,PEDES,PEERS,PERES,PERSE,PREED,PREES,PRESE,PRESS,REDES,REEDS,RESES,SEDER,SEDES,SEEDS,SEEPS,SEERS,SERED,SERES,SPEED,SPEER,SPRED,SPREE,

4-letter words (30 found)

DEEP,DEER,DEES,DEPS,DERE,DREE,ERED,ERES,ESES,ESSE,PEDS,PEED,PEER,PEES,PERE,PREE,REDE,REDS,REED,REES,REPS,SEED,SEEP,SEER,SEES,SEPS,SERE,SERS,SESE,SPED,

3-letter words (18 found)

DEE,DEP,EDS,ERE,ERS,ESS,PED,PEE,PER,PES,PRE,RED,REE,REP,RES,SED,SEE,SER,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,ED,EE,ER,ES,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 97 words from depress according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of depress

depress

Etymology

From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēpressus, perfect participle of dēprimō (“to press down, to weigh down”), from dē- (“off, away, down, out”) +‎ premō (“to press”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈpɹɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

depress (third-person singular simple present depresses, present participle depressing, simple past and past participle depressed)

  2. To press down.
  3. To make depressed, sad or bored.
  4. (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
  5. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
  6. (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

Synonyms

  • downbear

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • “depress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “depress”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • pressed, spersed

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • dipress

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian depresso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛpˈrɛs/

Adjective

depress (feminine singular depressa, plural depressi)

  1. depressed

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