due: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 4 letter points · starts with D · ends with E
Meaning of due
adj
Owed or owing.
Example: He is due four weeks of back pay.
Appropriate.
Example: With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
Scheduled; expected.
Example: Rain is due this afternoon.
Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
Example: The baby is just about due.
Source: Wiktionary — due.
adv
Directly; exactly.
Example: The river runs due north for about a mile.
Source: Wiktionary — due.
noun
Deserved acknowledgment.
Example: Give him his due – he is a good actor.
- in-plural
A membership fee.
That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
Right; just title or claim.
Listed forms: dues.
Source: Wiktionary — due.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
capable of being assigned or credited to
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is due in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of due
D(2) + U(1) + E(1) = 4 points.
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Anagrams of due
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from due
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in due. Showing up to 24, longest first.