DERAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DERAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DERAIL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DERAIL is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DERAIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
derailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DERAIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DERAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,775.
What stands out about DERAIL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 6 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 DERAIL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cause a train or tram to leave its tracks, or to disrupt a plan or process from its intended course.
Derail describes a train literally jumping its rails, often causing serious accidents, but the word is used just as often in a figurative sense. A single scandal can derail a political campaign, and one careless comment can derail a meeting. Both senses share the same idea of something knocked off the course it was meant to follow.
How DERAIL is used
Transitive and intransitive verb; the figurative sense is extremely common in news and business writing.
- Heavy rain caused the freight train to derail.
- A budget dispute threatened to derail the whole project.
- The scandal could derail his chances of reelection.
- Engineers investigated why the cars began to derail.
- One angry outburst nearly derailed the negotiations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DERAIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DERAIL
The 6 tiles of DERAIL in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with DERAIL
9 longer words begin with DERAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in DERAIL
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Common questions about DERAIL
- Is DERAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DERAIL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DERAIL worth?
- DERAIL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DERAIL mean?
- To cause a train or tram to leave its tracks, or to disrupt a plan or process from its intended course.
- What letters can be added to DERAIL?
- DERAIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DERAIL:
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