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Is devolve a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word devolve is a Scrabble US word. The word devolve is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

D2E1V4O1L1V4E1

Is devolve a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word devolve is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

D2E1V4O1L1V4E1

Is devolve a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word devolve is a Words With Friends word. The word devolve is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1V5O1L2V5E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

DEVOLVE,EVOLVED,

6-letter words (3 found)

DEVVEL,EVOLVE,VOLVED,

5-letter words (5 found)

DELVE,DEVEL,LOVED,VOLED,VOLVE,

4-letter words (18 found)

DEEV,DELE,DELO,DEVO,DOLE,DOVE,EVOE,LEDE,LEED,LEVE,LEVO,LODE,LOVE,OLDE,OVEL,VELD,VELE,VOLE,

3-letter words (19 found)

DEE,DEL,DEV,DOE,DOL,EEL,ELD,EVE,EVO,LED,LEE,LEV,LOD,ODE,OLD,OLE,VEE,VOE,VOL,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,DO,ED,EE,EL,LO,OD,OE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of devolve

devolve

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēvolvō (“roll or tumble off or down”), from dē + volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈvɒɫv/

Verb

devolve (third-person singular simple present devolves, present participle devolving, simple past and past participle devolved)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll. [15th–19th c.]
  2. (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder. [from 16th c.]
  3. (transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone. [from 17th c.]
  4. (intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone. [from 18th c.]
    • , Episode 16:
      For the nonce he was rather nonplussed but inasmuch as the duty plainly devolved upon him to take some measures on the subject he pondered suitable ways and means during which Stephen repeatedly yawned.
  5. (intransitive) To degenerate; to break down. [from 18th c.]
    A discussion about politics may devolve into a shouting match.

Usage notes

  • The verb is sometimes used in the context of biology (in sense 5, "to degenerate; to break down"), but generally not by scientists as it is highly subjective.

Related terms

  • devolution

Translations

Anagrams

  • evolved

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈvɔl.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlve
  • Hyphenation: de‧vòl‧ve

Verb

devolve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of devolvere

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈu̯ol.u̯e/, [d̪eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈvol.ve/, [d̪eˈvɔlve]

Verb

dēvolve

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēvolvō

Portuguese

Verb

devolve

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

Source: wiktionary.org