DEMOISELLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DEMOISELLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEMOISELLE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEMOISELLE is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEMOISELLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
demoisellesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEMOISELLE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DEMOISELLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEMOISELLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEMOISELLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
A young unmarried woman in the old courtly sense, or a small graceful crane with a black head and breast.
In older and French-flavoured writing the demoiselle is a maiden or lady of gentle birth. Naturalists borrowed the name for a crane whose elegant manners seemed ladylike, and for certain damselflies and damselfish.
How DEMOISELLE is used
Demoiselle is chiefly literary or zoological, and it is a close relative of damsel (described in definitions_b1_798.php).
- The knight bowed to the demoiselle waiting by the gate.
- A demoiselle crane stood in the shallows at dawn.
- The novel gives a gentle portrait of a young demoiselle in Paris.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEMOISELLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEMOISELLE
1 longer words begin with DEMOISELLE.
Shorter words from the letters in DEMOISELLE
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Common questions about DEMOISELLE
- Is DEMOISELLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEMOISELLE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEMOISELLE worth?
- DEMOISELLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEMOISELLE mean?
- A young unmarried woman in the old courtly sense, or a small graceful crane with a black head and breast.
- What letters can be added to DEMOISELLE?
- DEMOISELLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DEMOISELLE:
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