DEMISE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DEMISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEMISE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEMISE 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 DEMISE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEMISE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEMISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,713.
What does DEMISE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The end or failure of something that once thrived, or a person's death.
Newspapers lean on this word when a company, a tradition or a team finally collapses, and in more formal writing it is a polite way to speak of a death. Its older legal meaning is the transfer of an estate or a crown to an heir, by will or by lease, and that sense gave the word its solemn tone. In law the verb demise still means to grant property in this way, though few people meet it outside property documents.
How DEMISE is used
Common in journalism and formal writing; the legal sense is technical.
- Nobody was surprised by the sudden demise of the old tram line.
- The demise of the king passed the crown to his daughter.
- Poor management led to the demise of the shop.
- Many mourned the demise of handwritten letters.
- The lease provided for a demise of the farm for twenty years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEMISE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEMISE
The 6 tiles of DEMISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DEMISE
4 longer words begin with DEMISE.
Shorter words from the letters in DEMISE
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Common questions about DEMISE
- Is DEMISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEMISE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEMISE worth?
- DEMISE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEMISE mean?
- The end or failure of something that once thrived, or a person's death.
- What letters can be added to DEMISE?
- DEMISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEMISE:
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