DEASIL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DEASIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEASIL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEASIL is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEASIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
deasilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEASIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEASIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What stands out about DEASIL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 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 DEASIL mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Scotsdialect
Moving in the same direction the sun appears to travel across the sky — that is, clockwise — especially in traditional Scots and Irish ritual.
Scottish and Irish folk custom long held that moving deasil around a person, house or fire brought good luck, while the opposite direction, widdershins, was viewed as unlucky or even dangerous in the same tradition. The word comes from Scottish Gaelic and appears in several close variants, including deasil, deiseil and deasoil, all naming the same sunwise motion. Folklorists and writers on traditional customs still reach for deasil when describing these ritual movements.
How DEASIL is used
Dialect and folklore term, met mainly in descriptions of traditional Scottish and Irish customs and rarely in ordinary speech.
- The old custom was to walk deasil three times around the well.
- Mourners were said to carry the coffin deasil around the graveyard.
- She turned the cup deasil before setting it down, as her grandmother had taught her.
- Folklorists recorded the belief that moving deasil brought good fortune to the house.
- The ritual required stepping deasil around the bonfire at midsummer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEASIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEASIL
The 6 tiles of DEASIL in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with DEASIL
1 longer words begin with DEASIL.
Shorter words from the letters in DEASIL
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Common questions about DEASIL
- Is DEASIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEASIL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEASIL worth?
- DEASIL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEASIL mean?
- Moving in the same direction the sun appears to travel across the sky — that is, clockwise — especially in traditional Scots and Irish ritual.
- What letters can be added to DEASIL?
- DEASIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEASIL:
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