delivery D₂E₁L₁I₁V₄E₁R₁Y₄

DELIVERY is an everyday eight-letter word with several distinct senses, from transporting an item to giving birth. Its letters make a 15-point Scrabble total, but rearranging them produces no anagrams. The only word one letter away is DELIVERS, while a dozen words share its ending sound.

DELIVERY meaning and its word-game details

• DELIVERY has eight letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble before board premiums.
• Its definition covers conveying something, the conveyed item, childbirth, and a pitching motion.
• No anagrams use all eight letters in a different order.
• DELIVERS is the sole one-letter neighbour, changing only the final letter.
• Twelve words rhyme with DELIVERY, including VERY, EVERY, and GALLERY.

What does DELIVERY mean?

DELIVERY means the act of conveying something or the item that has been conveyed. It also names the process of giving birth and, in sport, a pitching motion. Context tells you which sense is meant: a parcel has a delivery, and a bowler makes one.

The Scrabble total is 15: D is worth two points, V and Y are worth four each, and the five remaining tiles are worth one each. That makes DELIVERY a solid scoring word from its letter values alone, before any premium squares affect the turn. The V and the Y are worth four each, so those two tiles supply more than half of the 15 points.

Which words rhyme with or resemble DELIVERY?

VERY, EVERY, SURGERY, RECOVERY, BATTERY, GALLERY, DISCOVERY, MYSTERY, SLAVERY, CEMETERY, GROCERY, and MACHINERY share DELIVERY’s ending sound. The set ranges from short everyday words to longer terms, so the rhyme is more useful for wordplay than for finding anagrams.

DELIVERS is the only one-letter neighbour: replace DELIVERY’s final Y with S. The absence of anagrams is a useful limitation if you are trying to rearrange the tiles; check your game’s word list before playing, since a word’s meaning does not settle every game’s acceptance.