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Is devise a Scrabble word?

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

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Is devise a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1V4I1S1E1

Is devise a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (3 found)

DEVISE,SIEVED,VISEED,

5-letter words (6 found)

DEEVS,DEVIS,DIVES,IDEES,SIEVE,VISED,

4-letter words (20 found)

DEES,DEEV,DESI,DEVI,DEVS,DIES,DIVE,DIVS,EIDE,EVES,IDEE,IDES,SEED,SIDE,VEES,VIDE,VIDS,VIED,VIES,VISE,

3-letter words (18 found)

DEE,DEI,DEV,DIE,DIS,DIV,EDS,EVE,IDE,IDS,SED,SEE,SEI,SEV,VEE,VID,VIE,VIS,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,ES,ID,IS,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 56 words from devise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of devise

devise

Etymology

From Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈvaɪz/
  • Rhymes: -aɪz
  • Hyphenation: de‧vise

Verb

devise (third-person singular simple present devises, present participle devising, simple past and past participle devised)

  1. (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
  2. (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
  5. (obsolete) To imagine; to guess.

Translations

Noun

devise (plural devises)

  1. The act of leaving real property in a will.
  2. Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
  3. The real property left in such a will.
  4. Design, devising.

Derived terms

See also

  • device
  • devising

Anagrams

  • sieved, viséed

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːsə

Noun

devise c (singular definite devisen, plural indefinite deviser)

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Declension

Further reading

  • “devise” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From deviser. The financial sense is a semantic loan from German Devise.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də.viz/

Noun

devise f (plural devises)

  1. (heraldry) motto
  2. (finance) assets in foreign currency
  3. (finance, by extension) currency

Verb

devise

  1. inflection of deviser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Descendants

  • → Turkish: döviz

Further reading

  • “devise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • dévies, évides, évidés, vidées

Portuguese

Verb

devise

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

Spanish

Verb

devise

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

Source: wiktionary.org