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Is derive a Scrabble word?

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

D2E1R1I1V4E1

Is derive a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1R1I1V4E1

Is derive a Words With Friends word?

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

D2E1R1I1V5E1

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6-letter words (4 found)

DERIVE,REIVED,REVIED,RIEVED,

5-letter words (8 found)

DIVER,DRIVE,EIDER,REIVE,REVIE,RIEVE,RIVED,VIRED,

4-letter words (24 found)

DEER,DEEV,DERE,DERV,DEVI,DIRE,DIVE,DREE,EIDE,ERED,EREV,EVER,IDEE,IRED,REDE,REED,RIDE,RIVE,VEER,VERD,VIDE,VIED,VIER,VIRE,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEE,DEI,DEV,DIE,DIV,ERE,EVE,IDE,IRE,RED,REE,REI,REV,RID,VEE,VID,VIE,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,ER,ID,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from derive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of derive

derive

Etymology

From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin dērīvō (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from dē (“away”) + rīvus (“a stream”); see rival. Unrelated to arrive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəˈɹaɪv/
  • Rhymes: -aɪv

Verb

derive (third-person singular simple present derives, present participle deriving, simple past and past participle derived)

  1. (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
  2. (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
  3. (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
  4. (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
  5. (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).
  6. To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
    • Book 33
      For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.

Derived terms

  • derivation
  • derivative
  • zero derive

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • drivee, reived, revied, rieved

Asturian

Verb

derive

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of derivar

Galician

Verb

derive

  1. inflection of derivar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

derive f pl

  1. plural of deriva

Anagrams

  • rideve, rivede, vedrei

Portuguese

Verb

derive

  1. inflection of derivar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

derive

  1. inflection of derivar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org