DEBOUCH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DEBOUCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEBOUCH?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEBOUCH is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEBOUCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
deboucheChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How DEBOUCH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DEBOUCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,303 thousand.
What does DEBOUCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To emerge from a narrow or enclosed place into a wider, open area.
Soldiers, rivers and crowds can debouch when they leave a confined passage and spread out. The word is chiefly used for troops leaving a pass or a river reaching a plain.
How DEBOUCH is used
Debouch is a formal, slightly military word for coming out into the open.
- The river will debouch into a broad plain beyond the gorge.
- The column began to debouch from the forest at dawn.
- Crowds debouch from the station at rush hour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEBOUCH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEBOUCH
8 longer words begin with DEBOUCH.
Shorter words from the letters in DEBOUCH
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Common questions about DEBOUCH
- Is DEBOUCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEBOUCH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEBOUCH worth?
- DEBOUCH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEBOUCH mean?
- To emerge from a narrow or enclosed place into a wider, open area.
- What letters can be added to DEBOUCH?
- DEBOUCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DEBOUCH:
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