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Is deuce a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deuce is a Scrabble US word. The word deuce is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

D2E1U1C3E1

Is deuce a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deuce is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

D2E1U1C3E1

Is deuce a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word deuce is a Words With Friends word. The word deuce is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1U2C4E1

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5-letter words (2 found)

DEUCE,EDUCE,

4-letter words (3 found)

CEDE,CUED,DUCE,

3-letter words (6 found)

CEE,CUD,CUE,DEE,DUE,ECU,

2-letter words (3 found)

DE,ED,EE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from deuce according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of deuce

deuce educe duece udece eudce uedce decue edcue dceue cdeue ecdue cedue ducee udcee dcuee cduee ucdee cudee eucde uecde ecude ceude ucede cuede deuec eduec dueec udeec eudec uedec deeuc edeuc deeuc edeuc eeduc eeduc dueec udeec deuec eduec uedec eudec euedc ueedc eeudc eeudc ueedc euedc deceu edceu dceeu cdeeu ecdeu cedeu deecu edecu deecu edecu eedcu eedcu dceeu cdeeu deceu edceu cedeu ecdeu ecedu ceedu eecdu eecdu ceedu ecedu ducee udcee dcuee cduee ucdee cudee duece udece deuce educe uedce eudce dceue cdeue decue edcue cedue ecdue ucede cuede uecde eucde ceude ecude euced ueced ecued ceued uceed cueed euecd ueecd eeucd eeucd ueecd euecd eceud ceeud eecud eecud ceeud eceud uceed cueed ueced euced ceued ecued

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Definitions and meaning of deuce

deuce

Etymology 1

From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford to describe a model of car they made in 1932 due to it being a two-seater.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /djuːs/, /d͡ʒuːs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /duːs/
  • Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

deuce (plural deuces)

  1. (card games) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
  2. (dice games) A side of a die with two spots.
  3. (dice games) A cast of dice totalling two.
  4. The number two.
    1. (Canada, US, slang) A piece of excrement; number two.
    2. (Canada, slang) A two-year prison sentence.
  5. A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle fingers, a peace sign.
  6. (tennis) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
  7. (baseball) A curveball.
  8. A 1932 Ford.
  9. (in the plural) Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
  10. (restaurants, slang) A table seating two diners.
  11. (slang, archaic) A twopence coin.
Synonyms
  • (piece of excrement): See Thesaurus:defecation
  • (restaurant) two-top
Coordinate terms
  • (dice) ace, trey, cater, cinque, sice
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Etymology 2

Compare Late Latin dusius (“phantom, specter”); Scottish Gaelic taibhs, taibhse (“apparition, ghost”); or from Old French deus (“God”), from Latin deus (compare deity).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /djuːs/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /duːs/
  • Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

deuce (plural deuces)

  1. (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
    Alternative form: Deuce
  2. Synonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”)
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References

  • (etymology) “deuce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • educe

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