What DEVIATE Means
- verb: turn aside; turn away from
- verb: be at variance with; be out of line with
- noun: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- adjective: markedly different from an accepted norm“aberrant behavior”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEVIATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 V4 I1 A1 T1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DEVIATE
88 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (3)
5 letter words (8)
4 letter words (29)
ADITAIDEAVIDDATEDEETDEEVDEVADIETDITADITEDIVADIVEEAVEEDITEIDEEVETIDEAIDEETAEDTEADTEEDTIDETIEDVADEVIAEVIDEVIEDVITAVITE
3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (16)
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