DEPERM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DEPERM 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 DEPERM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEPERM is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEPERM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
depermsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEPERM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEPERM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 188,140.
What stands out about DEPERM
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DEPERM mean in Scrabble?
verb
nauticaltechnical
To remove the permanent magnetism from a ship by passing an electric current through a cable wound around its hull.
The word deperm is a clipping of demagnetize used in naval work. Steel ships carry a magnetic field that can set off magnetic sea mines, so navies wrapped a heavy cable around the vessel and energised it to cancel that field. The process was widely used in the Second World War, and ships were sent to special stations to deperm at regular intervals.
How DEPERM is used
Specialised naval and technical term, mostly historical.
- The destroyer sailed into the station to deperm before heading back to sea.
- Crews would deperm each hull to lessen the threat from magnetic mines.
- A cable was looped around the ship so that the engineers could deperm it overnight.
- The navy opened another range where vessels could deperm in safety.
- Without a deperm treatment the cruiser might have triggered a mine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEPERM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEPERM
The 6 tiles of DEPERM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEPERM
3 longer words begin with DEPERM.
Shorter words from the letters in DEPERM
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Common questions about DEPERM
- Is DEPERM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEPERM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEPERM worth?
- DEPERM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEPERM mean?
- To remove the permanent magnetism from a ship by passing an electric current through a cable wound around its hull.
- What letters can be added to DEPERM?
- DEPERM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEPERM:
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