DEBATEMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DEBATEMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEBATEMENT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEBATEMENT is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEBATEMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
debatementsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEBATEMENT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DEBATEMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEBATEMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEBATEMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
obsolete
An old word for a dispute, a quarrel or the act of weighing a matter in argument.
You will meet debatement mainly in old texts, where it stands where we now say debate or controversy. Modern writers have all but dropped it.
How DEBATEMENT is used
Archaic; seen in older literature and in word lists rather than in everyday speech.
- After long debatement the council refused the petition.
- The poem describes a debatement between two rival knights.
- Such debatement was thought unfit for the dinner table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEBATEMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEBATEMENT
1 longer words begin with DEBATEMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in DEBATEMENT
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Common questions about DEBATEMENT
- Is DEBATEMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEBATEMENT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEBATEMENT worth?
- DEBATEMENT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEBATEMENT mean?
- An old word for a dispute, a quarrel or the act of weighing a matter in argument.
- What letters can be added to DEBATEMENT?
- DEBATEMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DEBATEMENT:
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