dereference is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: invalid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: invalid
QuickWords validity: invalid

Advertisement

Meanings

Verb

(programming) To access the value or object located in a memory location stored in a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.
• Attempting to dereference a null pointer often results in a crash.
(computing in operating systems derived from Unix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.
• Synonym: follow, resolve

Noun (COUNTABLE)

The act by which something is dereferenced.

dereference is not a Scrabble valid word

• International English (Sowpods) - The word is not valid in Scrabble ✘
• US English (TWL06) - The word is not valid in Scrabble ✘
• 17 points

dereference is not an iScramble valid word

• The word is not valid in iScramble ✘
• 66 points

dereference is not an QuickWords valid word

• The word is not valid in QuickWords ✘
• 66 points

Advertisement

Same letters words (Anagrams)

• none

Same letters plus one

• DEPREFERENCE
• DEREFERENCED
• DEREFERENCER
• DEREFERENCES
• REREFERENCED

Same letters minus one

• REFERENCED