d 2 e 1 a 1 d 2 l 1 i 1 n 1 e 1
8 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the point in time at which something must be completed
originAccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, early usage refers to lines that do not move, such as one used in angling. Slightly later American usage refers to a boundary in a prison which prisoners must not cross. There is only indirect evidence that the sense of "due date" may be connected with this use of the term in prison camps during the American Civil War, when it referred to a physical…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- ladened 9
- aliened 8
- delaine 8
- dandle 8
- deaden 8
- deaned 8
- delead 8
- denied 8
- dialed 8
- dindle 8
- elided 8
- indeed 8