DAMNIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. DAMNIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAMNIFY?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAMNIFY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAMNIFY
No single letter turns DAMNIFY into another word.
How DAMNIFY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DAMNIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does DAMNIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
legalformal
To cause loss or harm to a person or to their property.
Damnify belongs to older legal language and sounds heavy beside the plain word harm. It points to the person who suffers the loss, not to the thing that was broken.
How DAMNIFY is used
Found in legal documents and old texts, almost never in ordinary conversation.
- The contract says the seller shall not damnify the buyer.
- A careless tenant may damnify the owner by neglecting the roof.
- The court held that the delay did damnify the plaintiff.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAMNIFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DAMNIFY
1 longer words begin with DAMNIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in DAMNIFY
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Common questions about DAMNIFY
- Is DAMNIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAMNIFY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAMNIFY worth?
- DAMNIFY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAMNIFY mean?
- To cause loss or harm to a person or to their property.
- What letters can be added to DAMNIFY?
- No single letter can be added to DAMNIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DAMNIFY:
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