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Is device a Scrabble word?

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

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Is device a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1V4I1C3E1

Is device a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word device is a Words With Friends word. The word device is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

DEVICE,

5-letter words (2 found)

DEICE,VICED,

4-letter words (14 found)

CEDE,CEDI,CIDE,CIVE,DEEV,DEVI,DICE,DIVE,EIDE,ICED,IDEE,VICE,VIDE,VIED,

3-letter words (13 found)

CEE,CID,DEE,DEI,DEV,DIE,DIV,EVE,ICE,IDE,VEE,VID,VIE,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,ID,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from device according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of device

device

Etymology

From Middle English devys, from Old French devis, from Latin dīvīsus, past participle of dīvidō (“to divide”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈvaɪs/, /dəˈvaɪs/
  • Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

device (plural devices)

  1. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
    • 1949. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic Chapter VI. Provisions Applicable to Cycles in International Traffic
      Every cycle shall be equipped with: [...] (b) an audible warning device consisting of a bell [...]
  2. (computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
  3. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
  4. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
  5. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
  7. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
    • 1736. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New York Chapter I, Article III: Enumeration of the Indian Tribes.
      The devices of these savages are the serpent, the Deer, and the Small Acorn.
  8. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
  9. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
  10. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
    • 1943 United States Post Office Department. A Description of United States Postage Stamps / Issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847, to April 1, 1945 [sic], USGPO, Washington, p1:
      Prior to the issuance of the first stamps, letters accepted by postmasters for dispatch were marked "Paid" by means of pen and ink or hand stamps of various designs. [...] To facilitate the handling of mail matter, some postmasters provided special stamps or devices for use on letters as evidence of the prepayment of postage.
  11. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
  12. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

Synonyms

  • (piece of equipment): apparatus, appliance, equipment, gadget, design, contrivance
  • (project or scheme): scheme, project, stratagem, artifice
  • (obsolete, power of devising): invention, contrivance

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Translations

Slovene

Noun

device

  1. inflection of devica:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Source: wiktionary.org