DEMIMONDE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DEMIMONDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEMIMONDE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEMIMONDE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEMIMONDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
demimondesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEMIMONDE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DEMIMONDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEMIMONDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEMIMONDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A fringe social group whose respectability is doubtful, originally women of questionable reputation kept by wealthy lovers.
The word comes from French and first described a half-world on the edge of polite society in nineteenth-century Paris. Writers now stretch demimonde to any shadowy set, such as a circle of dealers or fixers living outside the law.
How DEMIMONDE is used
Literary and journalistic; used for a murky or semi-respectable social circle, in the past or present.
- The novel moves through the demimonde of Paris in the 1880s.
- He drifted into the demimonde of the city's art dealers.
- Gossip about the demimonde filled the newspapers.
- She knew the demimonde of the racing world better than anyone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEMIMONDE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEMIMONDE
1 longer words begin with DEMIMONDE.
Shorter words from the letters in DEMIMONDE
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Common questions about DEMIMONDE
- Is DEMIMONDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEMIMONDE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEMIMONDE worth?
- DEMIMONDE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEMIMONDE mean?
- A fringe social group whose respectability is doubtful, originally women of questionable reputation kept by wealthy lovers.
- What letters can be added to DEMIMONDE?
- DEMIMONDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DEMIMONDE:
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