deadline

1. A boundary line in a prison that prisoners can cross only at the risk of being shot.

2. A time limit, as for payment of a debt or completion of an assignment.

3. A line drawn within or around a prison that a prisoner passes at the risk of being shot.

4. A date or time before which something must be done.

5. The time after which copy is not accepted for a particular issue of a publication.

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1. To govern by setting a time limit: "He was never going to be deadlined by a day, or even a month” ( New Yorker).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
deadline	10	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ad	3
ae	2
ai	2
al	2
an	2
da	3
de	3
ed	3
el	2
en	2
id	3
in	2
la	2
li	2
na	2
ne	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
add	5
aid	4
ail	3
ain	3
ale	3
and	4
ane	3
ani	3
dad	5
dal	4
dan	4
dee	4
del	4
den	4
did	5
die	4
din	4
eel	3
eld	4
end	4
lad	4
lea	3
led	4
lee	3
lei	3
lid	4
lie	3
lin	3
nae	3
nee	3
nil	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aide	5
alee	4
anil	4
dale	5
dead	6
deal	5
dean	5
deed	6
deil	5
dele	5
deli	5
dene	5
deni	5
dial	5
died	6
diel	5
dine	5
eide	5
elan	4
idea	5
idle	5
ilea	4
lade	5
laid	5
lain	4
land	5
lane	4
lead	5
lean	4
lede	5
lend	5
lied	5
lien	4
line	4
nail	4
need	5
nide	5

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
addle	7
aided	7
ailed	6
alien	5
aline	5
anele	5
anile	5
dedal	7
deled	7
diene	6
dined	7
edile	6
elain	5
eland	6
elide	6
ended	7
ideal	6
idled	7
laded	7
laden	6
liane	5
lined	6
naled	6
nidal	6
nided	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aedile	7
aedine	7
alined	7
aneled	7
dandle	8
deaden	8
deaned	8
delead	8
denial	7
denied	8
dialed	8
dindle	8
elided	8
indeed	8
laddie	8
landed	8
leaded	8
leaden	7
leaned	7
nailed	7

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aliened	8
delaine	8
ladened	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
deadline	10