DEGAUSS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DEGAUSS 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 DEGAUSS?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEGAUSS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEGAUSS
No single letter turns DEGAUSS into another word.
How DEGAUSS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DEGAUSS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does DEGAUSS mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To remove or neutralise the magnetism in an object or device.
Old television sets and monitors needed degaussing to clear colour blotches caused by stray magnetic fields. Navies once wrapped ships in current-carrying cables to degauss them against magnetic mines. The name comes from the gauss, a unit of magnetic strength.
How DEGAUSS is used
Technical term for electronics, tape media and naval engineering.
- You may need to degauss the screen if the colours look smeared.
- The crew worked to degauss the ship before it entered the harbour.
- A strong coil can degauss a tape in seconds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEGAUSS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEGAUSS
6 longer words begin with DEGAUSS.
Shorter words from the letters in DEGAUSS
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Common questions about DEGAUSS
- Is DEGAUSS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEGAUSS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEGAUSS worth?
- DEGAUSS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEGAUSS mean?
- To remove or neutralise the magnetism in an object or device.
- What letters can be added to DEGAUSS?
- No single letter can be added to DEGAUSS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DEGAUSS:
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