DELIME is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DELIME 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 DELIME?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DELIME is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DELIME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DELIME scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DELIME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,713.
What does DELIME mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To remove lime from something, especially from animal hides before they are tanned.
Tanners need to strip the lime that was used to loosen hair from a hide, otherwise the leather stays harsh and the tanning chemicals cannot work evenly. Washing and mild acids are the usual way to delime the skins. The word is a plain construction from the prefix de- and the noun lime, and it belongs to workshop and factory talk rather than everyday speech.
How DELIME is used
Specialist term of leatherworking and chemical processing.
- The workers delime the hides in large rotating drums.
- You must delime the pelts before the tanning bath.
- A weak acid wash will delime the surface quickly.
- They had to delime the vats after the batch was finished.
- Careful work to delime the leather left it soft and even.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DELIME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DELIME
2 longer words begin with DELIME.
Shorter words from the letters in DELIME
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Common questions about DELIME
- Is DELIME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DELIME, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DELIME worth?
- DELIME is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DELIME mean?
- To remove lime from something, especially from animal hides before they are tanned.
- What letters can be added to DELIME?
- DELIME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DELIME:
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