Definitions for Deluge

Deluge del·uge

Spelling: [del-yooj, -yoozh, del-ooj, -oozh, dih-looj, -
IPA: /ˈdɛl yudʒ, -yuʒ, ˈdɛl udʒ, -uʒ, dɪˈludʒ, -ˈluʒ/

Deluge is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in Deluge (deeglu).

Definitions for Deluge

noun

  1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
  2. a drenching rain; downpour.
  3. anything that overwhelms like a flood:
  4. the Deluge, flood (def 3).

verb (used with object)

  1. to flood; inundate.
  2. to overrun; overwhelm:

Origin of Deluge

1325-75; Middle English Old French Latin dīluvium flood, equivalent to dīluv-, base of dīluere to wash away, dissolve (dī- di2 + -luere, combining form of la

Examples for Deluge

It's a panicky move coming amid a deluge of corruption allegations a week before key elections.

The deluge is the flood which the great Yu regulated as minister of the Emperor Yau.

The deluge comes from the ceiling, where excess rainwater has worked its way into the subway car from outside.

Divorce ensued, along with a deluge of humiliating media coverage.

The rain, falling in a deluge, was driven by a wind like a hurricane.

It is here represented in an exaggerated sense, as a deluge.

Unfortunately, the deluge of details weighs the book down in parts.

It seemed my only way of escape, and after that, the deluge.

There was no "let up" of the deluge throughout that day and Easter-Monday.

Meanwhile, the deluge of rain continues, in fits and starts.

Word Value for Deluge
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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