DEDANS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DEDANS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEDANS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEDANS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEDANS
No single letter turns DEDANS into another word.
How DEDANS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEDANS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about DEDANS
- 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 DEDANS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
In real tennis, the open gallery at the server's end of the court where spectators sit.
Dedans is French for "inside", and the name reflects where the space sits: tucked into the end wall, rather than out along the side the way an ordinary viewing stand would be. A shot driven there by the receiver ends the rally outright, so the area works as a target as much as a place to watch from, something with no equivalent in modern lawn tennis. Only a few dozen courts for this centuries-old game survive today, which is why dedans turns up almost nowhere except writing about that one specific pastime.
How DEDANS is used
A specialist term confined to real tennis; unfamiliar outside that sport.
- A ball struck into the dedans wins the point immediately.
- Spectators in the dedans sat close enough to touch the players.
- The dedans is protected by netting from stray shots.
- Few outside real tennis have ever heard of the dedans.
- He aimed low and hard, straight for the dedans.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEDANS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEDANS
The 6 tiles of DEDANS in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DEDANS
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Common questions about DEDANS
- Is DEDANS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEDANS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEDANS worth?
- DEDANS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEDANS mean?
- In real tennis, the open gallery at the server's end of the court where spectators sit.
- What letters can be added to DEDANS?
- No single letter can be added to DEDANS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEDANS:
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