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Is describe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word describe is a Scrabble US word. The word describe is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is describe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word describe is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

D2E1S1C3R1I1B3E1

Is describe a Words With Friends word?

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

D2E1S1C4R1I1B4E1

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8-letter words (2 found)

DESCRIBE,ESCRIBED,

7-letter words (6 found)

BREDIES,DECRIES,DEICERS,DERBIES,ESCRIBE,SCRIBED,

6-letter words (26 found)

BESIDE,BIDERS,BIRSED,BREDES,BREDIE,BREEDS,BREIDS,BRIDES,CEBIDS,CEDERS,CERISE,CIDERS,CREEDS,DEBRIS,DEICER,DEICES,DESIRE,DICERS,DRICES,EIDERS,REBECS,REBIDS,RESIDE,SCREED,SCRIBE,SCRIED,

5-letter words (66 found)

BEDES,BEEDI,BEERS,BERES,BICES,BIDER,BIDES,BIERS,BIRDS,BIRSE,BREDE,BREDS,BREED,BREES,BREID,BREIS,BRIDE,BRIES,BRISE,CEBID,CEDER,CEDES,CEDIS,CERED,CERES,CIDER,CIDES,CIRES,CREDS,CREED,CREES,CRIBS,CRIED,CRIES,CRISE,DEBES,DEERS,DEICE,DERES,DICER,DICES,DIEBS,DREES,DRIBS,DRICE,DRIES,EIDER,ERICS,ICERS,IDEES,REBEC,REBID,REDES,REEDS,RESID,RIBES,RICED,RICES,RIDES,SCREE,SEDER,SERED,SERIC,SIDER,SIRED,SIREE,

4-letter words (71 found)

BEDE,BEDS,BEER,BEES,BERE,BICE,BIDE,BIDS,BIER,BIRD,BISE,BRED,BREE,BREI,BRIE,BRIS,CEDE,CEDI,CEES,CERE,CIDE,CIDS,CIRE,CRED,CREE,CRIB,CRIS,DEBE,DEBS,DEER,DEES,DERE,DESI,DIBS,DICE,DIEB,DIES,DIRE,DISC,DREE,DRIB,EIDE,ERED,ERES,ERIC,ICED,ICER,ICES,IDEE,IDES,IRED,IRES,REBS,RECS,REDE,REDS,REED,REES,REIS,RIBS,RICE,RIDE,RIDS,RISE,SEED,SEER,SEIR,SERE,SICE,SIDE,SIRE,

3-letter words (38 found)

BED,BEE,BES,BID,BIS,CEE,CID,CIS,DEB,DEE,DEI,DIB,DIE,DIS,EDS,ERE,ERS,ICE,IDE,IDS,IRE,REB,REC,RED,REE,REI,RES,RIB,RID,SEC,SED,SEE,SEI,SER,SIB,SIC,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (12 found)

BE,BI,DE,DI,ED,EE,ER,ES,ID,IS,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 222 words from describe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of describe

describe

Etymology

From Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“I copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈskɹaɪb/, /dəˈskɹaɪb/
  • Rhymes: -aɪb
  • Hyphenation: de‧scribe

Verb

describe (third-person singular simple present describes, present participle describing, simple past and past participle described)

  1. (transitive) To represent in words.
  2. (transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
  3. (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
  4. (transitive, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
  5. (obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.

Synonyms

  • (to represent in words): portray, betell, depict, report; see also Thesaurus:describe
  • (to represent in writing): bewrite

Derived terms

Related terms

  • describable
  • description
  • descriptive
  • descriptivism
  • descriptivist
  • descriptor
  • scribe

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • escribed

Galician

Verb

describe

  1. inflection of describir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

dēscrībe

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēscrībō

Scots

Etymology

From English describe.

Verb

describe (third-person singular simple present describes, present participle describin, simple past describit, past participle describit)

  1. to describe

Spanish

Verb

describe

  1. inflection of describir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org