DECOUPLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DECOUPLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DECOUPLE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DECOUPLE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DECOUPLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DECOUPLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DECOUPLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DECOUPLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DECOUPLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To separate one thing from another so that they no longer affect each other.
Engineers decouple circuits to stop unwanted signals passing between them. In economics or software the same idea means making two parts work on their own.
How DECOUPLE is used
Used with from, as in to decouple one system from another, in technical and general writing.
- The team plans to decouple the database from the web server.
- Designers decouple the power supply to cut noise.
- It is hard to decouple pay from performance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DECOUPLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DECOUPLE
4 longer words begin with DECOUPLE.
Shorter words from the letters in DECOUPLE
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Common questions about DECOUPLE
- Is DECOUPLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DECOUPLE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DECOUPLE worth?
- DECOUPLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DECOUPLE mean?
- To separate one thing from another so that they no longer affect each other.
- What letters can be added to DECOUPLE?
- DECOUPLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DECOUPLE:
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