Definition of deviates

"deviates" in the noun sense

1. pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

"deviates" in the verb sense

1. deviate, divert

turn aside turn away from

2. deviate, vary, diverge, depart

be at variance with be out of line with

3. deviate

cause to turn away from a previous or expected course

"The river was deviated to prevent flooding"

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Quotations for deviates

One deviates to the right, another to the left; the error is the same with all, but it deceives them in different ways. [ Horace ]

A profusion of fancies and quotations is out of place in a love-letter. True feeling is always direct, and never deviates into by-ways to cull flowers of rhetoric. [ Bovee ]

deviates in Scrabble®

The word deviates is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters deviates:

DEVIATES
(117)
DEVIATES
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

advisee, avidest, deviate

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word deviates

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In deviates

DEVIATES
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deviates in Words With Friends™

The word deviates is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters deviates:

AVIDEST
(113 = 78 + 35)
DEVIATE
(113 = 78 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

advisee, avidest, deviate

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word deviates

DEVIATES
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In deviates

AVIDEST
(113 = 78 + 35)
DEVIATE
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ADVISEE
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Words containing the sequence deviates

Words that start with deviates (1 word)

Words with deviates in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving deviates

Shorter words in deviates

at ate deviate

via deviate

Longer words containing deviates

laterodeviates

nondeviates

overdeviates

retrodeviates

underdeviates