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Is DECEPTIVE a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list DECEPTIVE is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
17209

What does DECEPTIVE mean?

  1. adjectivecausing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
  2. adjectivedesigned to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

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Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up DECEPTIVE in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is DECEPTIVE a Scrabble word?

DECEPTIVE is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is DECEPTIVE worth?

DECEPTIVE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does DECEPTIVE mean?

Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true.