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DEAD

Unscramble DEAD and check whether it appears in our curated word list. Its tile scores below are calculated for common word-game scoring systems. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends, before any board multipliers.

Letter by Letter

LetterdeadTotal
Scrabble21126
Words With Friends21126

Word Game Intelligence

DEAD Analysis

Vowel & Consonant Structure

2 vowels · 2 consonants

Vowels (E at #2, A at #3)

Duplicate letter: D

Hook Letters (Scrabble / WWF)

Front hooks: A-
Back hooks: -S

Hive & Anagram Power

3 unique letters · 9 sub-words

Valid Spelling Bee / WordHive puzzle candidate (uses ≤7 unique letters).

Anagrams of DEAD

No other word in our dictionary uses exactly these letters — a full-rack play of DEAD can't be rearranged.

Words Inside DEAD

9 shorter words can be built from these letters. Useful when DEAD won't fit on the board.

3-letter words

adddaddae

2-letter words

adaedadeeaed

What Does DEAD Mean?

Definitions are provided by the third-party Free Dictionary API, with Datamuse as a fallback when it has no entry. Nothing is sent to either service unless you request this lookup.

DEAD Appears In

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