DEHORT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DEHORT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEHORT?
| 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 DEHORT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEHORT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dehortsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEHORT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEHORT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,115.
What stands out about DEHORT
- The letters of DEHORT run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DEHORT mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To urge someone strongly not to do something.
Dehort is the opposite of exhort, which urges a person toward an action, and it comes from Latin roots meaning to advise against. It survives in older sermons and legal writing and is rarely met in modern prose. Most speakers today would say dissuade instead.
How DEHORT is used
Archaic; found in older texts and word lists.
- The preacher would dehort his flock from every vice.
- Friends came to dehort him from the risky voyage.
- She tried to dehort the council from a hasty vote.
- It was the elder who would dehort the young heirs.
- No argument could dehort the captain from sailing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEHORT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEHORT
The 6 tiles of DEHORT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DEHORT
9 longer words begin with DEHORT.
Shorter words from the letters in DEHORT
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Common questions about DEHORT
- Is DEHORT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEHORT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEHORT worth?
- DEHORT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEHORT mean?
- To urge someone strongly not to do something.
- What letters can be added to DEHORT?
- DEHORT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEHORT:
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