DEALFISH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DEALFISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEALFISH?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEALFISH is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEALFISH
No single letter turns DEALFISH into another word.
How DEALFISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DEALFISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEALFISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DEALFISH
- All 8 letters of DEALFISH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DEALFISH mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A long, thin silvery deep-sea fish of the North Atlantic with a fin running the length of its back.
The dealfish is related to the oarfish and ribbonfish and is rarely seen alive. It gets its name from its flat shape, like a plank of deal timber. Specimens usually turn up after storms wash them ashore.
How DEALFISH is used
Dealfish appears in marine biology and fishing records.
- A dealfish was found stranded on the beach after the gale.
- The dealfish is silver and as thin as a ribbon.
- Few anglers have ever caught a dealfish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEALFISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEALFISH
1 longer words begin with DEALFISH.
Shorter words from the letters in DEALFISH
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Common questions about DEALFISH
- Is DEALFISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEALFISH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEALFISH worth?
- DEALFISH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEALFISH mean?
- A long, thin silvery deep-sea fish of the North Atlantic with a fin running the length of its back.
- What letters can be added to DEALFISH?
- No single letter can be added to DEALFISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DEALFISH:
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