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DEAL
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
D
2
E
1
A
1
L
1
Σ
5
Definitions
Verb
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
- sell; "deal hashish"
- distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"
- give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"
- give out as one's portion or share
- administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
- take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"
- behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
- direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
Noun
- the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
- the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"
- a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal"
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"
- the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word DEAL
Yes, DEAL is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 5 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
DEAL is a 4-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants.