DEMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DEMENT 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 DEMENT?
| 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 DEMENT is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEMENT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEMENT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,713.
What does DEMENT mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To drive someone out of their reason, or to decline mentally with age or illness.
The verb comes from the Latin word for out of one mind, the same root that gives dementia and demented. It is much rarer than those relatives and mostly turns up in older books, where grief or fever might dement a character. Today a writer who needs the idea will usually reach for the adjective instead.
How DEMENT is used
Rare and somewhat literary; demented is the common form.
- The long siege seemed to dement the whole garrison.
- Grief threatened to dement her before the year was out.
- The doctor feared that the illness would dement him slowly.
- In the poem, the cruel moon can dement a lonely traveller.
- Some old writers say the fever may dement even the strong.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEMENT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEMENT
15 longer words begin with DEMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in DEMENT
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Common questions about DEMENT
- Is DEMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEMENT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEMENT worth?
- DEMENT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEMENT mean?
- To drive someone out of their reason, or to decline mentally with age or illness.
- What letters can be added to DEMENT?
- DEMENT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEMENT:
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