Is DEVOLVE a word?
DEVOLVE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 43 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DEVOLVE is a valid word.
What does devolve mean?
verb: pass on or delegate to another.
“The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DEVOLVE: word details
- Pronunciation: dih-VAHLV (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
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Words you can make from the letters of devolve.
Solve a whole rack, not just DEVOLVE
DEVOLVE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does DEVOLVE mean?
DEVOLVE is a verb. It means: pass on or delegate to another.
Is DEVOLVE a valid word?
Yes, DEVOLVE is a valid word. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.