1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Deputy in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does deputy mean? Is deputy a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is deputy worth? deputy how many points in Words With Friends? What does deputy mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for deputy

See how to calculate how many points for deputy.

Is deputy a Scrabble word?

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

D2E1P3U1T1Y4

Is deputy a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1P3U1T1Y4

Is deputy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word deputy is a Words With Friends word. The word deputy is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1P4U2T1Y3

Our tools

Valid words made from Deputy

Jump to...

Results

6-letter words (1 found)

DEPUTY,

5-letter words (1 found)

TYPED,

4-letter words (8 found)

DUET,DUPE,DUTY,PYET,TEDY,TYDE,TYED,TYPE,

3-letter words (19 found)

DEP,DEY,DUE,DUP,DYE,PED,PET,PUD,PUT,PUY,PYE,TED,TUP,TYE,UEY,UTE,YEP,YET,YUP,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,ED,ET,PE,TE,UP,UT,YE,YU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from deputy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deputy

deputy

Alternative forms

  • deputee (archaic)

Etymology

From French député, from Late Latin deputatus (“appointed”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛpjəti/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛpjəti/, /ˈdɛpəti/

Noun

deputy (plural deputies)

  1. One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
    Synonyms: lieutenant, representative, delegate, vice, vicegerent
  2. (mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
  3. (government) The name for a member of parliament in some countries.
    1. A member of the French National Assembly.
    2. (historical) A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
    3. (Ireland, often capitalized) A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.
  4. (US) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.

Usage notes

Deputy is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff. In the British coal mining industry, the word referred to as a deputy overman, which was roughly akin to a foreman in other industries.

Synonyms

  • substitute
  • representative
  • legate
  • delegate
  • envoy
  • agent
  • See also Thesaurus:deputy

Hyponyms

  • vice admiral
  • vice director
  • vicegerent
  • vice president

Derived terms

  • confused deputy
  • deputise, deputize
  • deputy first minister
  • deputy prime minister

Translations

See also

  • vice-

Verb

deputy (third-person singular simple present deputies, present participle deputying, simple past and past participle deputied)

  1. (informal, nonstandard) to deputise

Further reading

  • “deputy”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “deputy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “deputy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “deputy”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
  • “deputy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “deputy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “deputy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

Source: wiktionary.org