DELINK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DELINK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DELINK?
| 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 DELINK is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DELINK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
delinksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DELINK scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DELINK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about DELINK
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 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 DELINK mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To break the connection between two things that had been tied together.
In politics and business, to delink two issues means to stop making one depend on the other, as when a trade deal is no longer tied to a human rights demand. In computing it means to remove a link, such as a shortcut or an account connection. The word delink is a modern formation, most at home in policy papers and software menus.
How DELINK is used
Technical and formal; found in policy, finance and computing.
- The ministers agreed to delink the aid package from the trade talks.
- You can delink your account from the app in the settings menu.
- Some economists urge governments to delink growth from carbon emissions.
- The editor chose to delink the old page so readers would not find it.
- The bank decided to delink the loan rate from the central rate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DELINK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DELINK
The 6 tiles of DELINK in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with DELINK
3 longer words begin with DELINK.
Shorter words from the letters in DELINK
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Common questions about DELINK
- Is DELINK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DELINK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DELINK worth?
- DELINK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DELINK mean?
- To break the connection between two things that had been tied together.
- What letters can be added to DELINK?
- DELINK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DELINK:
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