DEBARK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DEBARK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEBARK?
| 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 DEBARK is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEBARK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
debarksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEBARK scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEBARK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about DEBARK
- 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 DEBARK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To leave a ship or aircraft, or to unload people or cargo from one; also to strip the bark from a tree.
The first sense is the opposite of embark: passengers debark when they step off a vessel, and a crew debarks the cargo when it is unloaded. The second sense is a woodworking one, where logs are stripped of their outer covering before sawing or pulping. The two meanings come from different roots, one linked to the word for a boat and the other to tree bark, and context always tells them apart.
How DEBARK is used
The travel sense is formal and common in transport language; the tree sense belongs to forestry and timber work.
- The passengers began to debark as soon as the ramp was lowered.
- Troops were ordered to debark at dawn.
- The mill will debark the logs before cutting them into planks.
- It took two hours to debark the whole cargo.
- A machine can debark a trunk in a matter of seconds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEBARK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEBARK
The 6 tiles of DEBARK in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEBARK
7 longer words begin with DEBARK.
Shorter words from the letters in DEBARK
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Common questions about DEBARK
- Is DEBARK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEBARK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEBARK worth?
- DEBARK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEBARK mean?
- To leave a ship or aircraft, or to unload people or cargo from one; also to strip the bark from a tree.
- What letters can be added to DEBARK?
- DEBARK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEBARK:
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