DEPRIVATION is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DEPRIVATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEPRIVATION?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEPRIVATION is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEPRIVATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
deprivationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEPRIVATION scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DEPRIVATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEPRIVATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEPRIVATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
The lack or loss of something needed, such as food, money, sleep or comfort.
Researchers study deprivation to see how poverty, hunger or lack of sleep affects health and learning. The word can also mean the formal removal of a position, as when a clergyman loses his office.
How DEPRIVATION is used
Common in social science, medicine and news about poverty.
- Years of deprivation left the children underweight.
- Sleep deprivation made it hard to concentrate.
- The neighbourhood suffers from severe economic deprivation.
- She spoke of the deprivation her family had endured.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEPRIVATION and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEPRIVATION
1 longer words begin with DEPRIVATION.
Shorter words from the letters in DEPRIVATION
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Common questions about DEPRIVATION
- Is DEPRIVATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEPRIVATION, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEPRIVATION worth?
- DEPRIVATION is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEPRIVATION mean?
- The lack or loss of something needed, such as food, money, sleep or comfort.
- What letters can be added to DEPRIVATION?
- DEPRIVATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DEPRIVATION:
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