The word dey is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • dey n. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
  • dey n. (Historical) The ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
  • dey pron. Pronunciation spelling of they, representing dialects with th-stopping in English.

25 valid words from 3 definitions

CHARGE DAIRY DAIRYMAID DIALECTAL DIALECTS EMPIRE ENGLISH HAS HISTORICAL IN NOW OF OTTOMAN PRONUNCIATION REGENCY REPRESENTING RULER SERVANT SPELLING STOPPING THE THEY UNDER WHO WITH

5 invalid words from 3 definitions

ALGERIA ALGIERS SCOTLAND TH UK

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

DE

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

ED YE

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

DYE

23 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BEY DAY DEB DEE DEF DEG DEI DEL DEN DEP DEV DEW DEX DOY DRY FEY GEY HEY KEY LEY SEY UEY WEY

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

DE

6 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

DEFY DEMY DENY DEWY DEXY DREY

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

DEYS

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

MUDEYE REDEYE DEADEYE GOLDEYE HEYDEYS MUDEYES REDEYES DEADEYES GOLDEYES

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

HEYDEY SNIDEY

29 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A YEAD
+B BYDE
+D DYED EDDY
+E EYED YEDE YEED
+F DEFY
+G EDGY
+H HYED
+K DYKE
+L YELD
+M DEMY EMYD
+N DENY DYNE NYED
+O YODE
+R DREY DYER YERD
+S DEYS DYES SYED
+T TEDY TYDE TYED
+W DEWY
+X DEXY

3 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-D YE
-Y DE ED

Scrabble scoring

  • 7 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 16.9 chance (5.93%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 48.1 chance (2.08%).

Other languages

  • Valid: French Spanish
  • Invalid: German Italian Romanian
  • (In French) DEY n.m. Hist. Chef du gouvernement d’Alger.
  • (In Spanish) DEY m. Título del jefe o príncipe musulmán que gobernaba la regencia de Argel.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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