derive

VERB /dɪ'raɪv/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D

derive is a valid 6-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2E1R1I1V4E1
2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING

What does derive mean?

VERB · 5 SENSES
1

Reason by deduction; establish by deduction.

SYNONYMS
DEDUCEDEDUCTINFER
BROADER
CONCLUDEREASON OUTREASON
NARROWER
SURMISEELICITEXTRAPOLATE
RELATED
DERIVATION
2

Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.

SYNONYMS
COMEDESCEND
RELATED
DERIVATIONDERIVATIVE
3

Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state.

SYNONYMS
EDUCE
BROADER
CREATEMAKE
NARROWER
ETYMOLOGISEETYMOLOGIZE
RELATED
DERIVATIONDERIVATIVE
4

Obtain.

“derive pleasure from one's garden”

SYNONYMS
GAIN
BROADER
OBTAIN
NARROWER
REAPDRAW
5

Come from.

“The present name derives from an older form”

BROADER
EVOLVE
RELATED
DERIVINGDERIVATIONDERIVATIVE
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of derive

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS
REIVED10

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