DECILE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DECILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DECILE?
| 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 DECILE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DECILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
decilesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DECILE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DECILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,713.
What stands out about DECILE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 DECILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Any of the nine values that divide a set of ranked data into ten equal groups.
Statisticians use deciles to describe where a person or result stands in a population, so someone in the top decile has a score above ninety percent of the others. The word is also used for each of the ten groups themselves, as in school funding by decile. It is built from the Latin for ten and sits alongside quartile and percentile.
How DECILE is used
Technical; used in statistics, economics and education.
- Her income placed her in the top decile.
- The lowest decile of earners saw no rise in pay.
- The study split students into ten groups by decile.
- Each decile holds one tenth of the population.
- The ninth decile is the point below which ninety percent of scores fall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DECILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DECILE
The 6 tiles of DECILE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DECILE
1 longer words begin with DECILE.
Shorter words from the letters in DECILE
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Common questions about DECILE
- Is DECILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DECILE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DECILE worth?
- DECILE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DECILE mean?
- Any of the nine values that divide a set of ranked data into ten equal groups.
- What letters can be added to DECILE?
- DECILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DECILE:
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