DEMERSAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DEMERSAL 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 DEMERSAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEMERSAL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEMERSAL
No single letter turns DEMERSAL into another word.
How DEMERSAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DEMERSAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEMERSAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEMERSAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Living on or near the bottom of the sea or a lake.
Cod, haddock and plaice are demersal fish that feed near the seabed, in contrast to pelagic species such as herring that swim higher in the water. Fisheries science treats the two groups separately because they are caught by different nets.
How DEMERSAL is used
Demersal appears in marine biology and in fishing industry reports.
- Trawlers target demersal species like cod and haddock.
- The survey counted demersal fish along the whole coast.
- Overfishing has hit demersal stocks harder than many expected.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEMERSAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEMERSAL
The 8 tiles of DEMERSAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DEMERSAL
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Common questions about DEMERSAL
- Is DEMERSAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEMERSAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEMERSAL worth?
- DEMERSAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEMERSAL mean?
- Living on or near the bottom of the sea or a lake.
- What letters can be added to DEMERSAL?
- No single letter can be added to DEMERSAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DEMERSAL:
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