DECENTRE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DECENTRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DECENTRE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DECENTRE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DECENTRE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DECENTRE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DECENTRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DECENTRE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DECENTRE
- The same 8 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 DECENTRE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To move something away from the centre or from a position of central importance.
Engineers use the word for shifting an object off its axis, while critics apply it to removing a single authority, such as the author, from the middle of a text. To decentre an idea is to stop treating it as the obvious starting point.
How DECENTRE is used
Decentre is the British spelling, and decenter is the American one.
- The essay sets out to decentre the hero and give the minor characters a voice.
- A slight error can decentre the lens and blur the picture.
- Reformers wanted to decentre power from the capital to the regions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DECENTRE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DECENTRE
The 8 tiles of DECENTRE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DECENTRE
2 longer words begin with DECENTRE.
Shorter words from the letters in DECENTRE
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Common questions about DECENTRE
- Is DECENTRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DECENTRE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DECENTRE worth?
- DECENTRE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DECENTRE mean?
- To move something away from the centre or from a position of central importance.
- What letters can be added to DECENTRE?
- DECENTRE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DECENTRE:
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