DAPPLE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DAPPLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAPPLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAPPLE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAPPLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAPPLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DAPPLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about DAPPLE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DAPPLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To mark a surface with rounded spots or patches of a different shade or light.
Sunlight falling through leaves will dapple a path with moving coins of brightness, and a painter may dapple a wall with two shades of green. The word is closely tied to horses, where a dapple grey is a coat spotted with darker rings, and the same idea gave us the adjective dappled. Poets like it because it suggests light and shade mixed gently rather than separated by a hard line.
How DAPPLE is used
Mostly literary or descriptive; also a noun for the spotted markings themselves.
- Afternoon sun began to dapple the lawn beneath the apple tree.
- The artist chose to dapple the sky with small touches of white.
- Rain would dapple the surface of the pond and then quickly stop.
- Moving leaves dapple the floor of the forest with shifting light.
- A dapple of gold lay across the old stone wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAPPLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DAPPLE
The 6 tiles of DAPPLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DAPPLE
2 longer words begin with DAPPLE.
Shorter words from the letters in DAPPLE
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Common questions about DAPPLE
- Is DAPPLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAPPLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAPPLE worth?
- DAPPLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAPPLE mean?
- To mark a surface with rounded spots or patches of a different shade or light.
- What letters can be added to DAPPLE?
- DAPPLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DAPPLE:
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