BISECT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BISECT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BISECT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BISECT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BISECT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bisectsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BISECT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BISECT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does BISECT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To divide something into two equal parts, especially a line, angle or shape.
In geometry to bisect an angle means to draw a line from its corner that leaves two angles of the same size. The word is built from the Latin prefix for two and the root for cutting, and it is used the same way for roads, fields or any object that is cut through the middle. Programmers also speak of bisecting a list of changes to find which one introduced a fault.
How BISECT is used
Common in mathematics; also used generally for anything that cuts across the middle.
- Use a compass to bisect the angle at the corner.
- A new motorway will bisect the old farmland.
- The river seems to bisect the town into two halves.
- Teachers asked pupils to bisect the line segment.
- We had to bisect the list of changes to find the bug.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BISECT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BISECT
11 longer words begin with BISECT.
Shorter words from the letters in BISECT
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Common questions about BISECT
- Is BISECT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BISECT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BISECT worth?
- BISECT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BISECT mean?
- To divide something into two equal parts, especially a line, angle or shape.
- What letters can be added to BISECT?
- BISECT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BISECT:
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