Is DECISIVELY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DECISIVELY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DECISIVELY mean?
- adverb
with firmness
“`I will come along,' she said decisively”
- adverb
with finality; conclusively
“the voted settled the argument decisively”
- adverb
in an indisputable degree
“the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
10
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + C (3) + I (1) + S (1) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) + L (1) + Y (4) = 19 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for DECISIVELY
DECISIVELY has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from DECISIVELY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- viscidly17
- decisive14
- devices13
- vesicle12
- device12
- viscid12
- eyelids11
- seedily11
- civies11
- clevis11
- lycees11
- dicey11
- viced11
- deciles10
- delves10
- devels10
- devils10
- devise10
- eyelid10
- levied10
- sieved10
- veiled10
- viseed10
- yields10
- civie10
- civil10
- icily10
- lycee10
- sycee10
- vices10
- levy10
- ceiled9
- decile9
- deices9
- levies9
- sliced9
- slieve9
- delve9
- devel9
- devil9
- devis9
- dives9
- idyls9
- ivied9
- lived9
- livid9
- lysed9
- seedy9
- velds9
- vised9
- yield9
- syce9
- vice9
- ivy9
- ceilis8
- cedes8
- cedis8
- deice8
- dices8
- disci8
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