What DEVISED Means
DEVISED is a form of DEVISE, which means:
- verb: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort“excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”
- verb: arrange by systematic planning and united effort“machinate a plot”
- noun: a will disposing of real property
- noun: (law) a gift of real property by will
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEVISED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 V4 I1 S1 E1 D2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DEVISED
61 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 (4)
5 letter words (9)
4 letter words (22)
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.