DESCALE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DESCALE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DESCALE?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESCALE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESCALE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DESCALE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DESCALE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 210,537.
What does DESCALE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To remove the hard chalky coating of limescale from a kettle, pipe or heating element, or to remove the scales from a fish.
Hard water leaves a crust inside appliances, and a mild acid such as vinegar is the usual cure. The word has a second, older meaning in the kitchen, where a cook scrapes the scales from a fish. A machine that has been run without it needs to be descaled at regular intervals.
How DESCALE is used
Common in household care guides for kettles and coffee machines.
- You should descale the kettle every few months.
- The coffee maker will descale itself if you run the cleaning cycle.
- Hot vinegar helps descale a clogged shower head.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESCALE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DESCALE
4 longer words begin with DESCALE.
Shorter words from the letters in DESCALE
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Common questions about DESCALE
- Is DESCALE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESCALE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESCALE worth?
- DESCALE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESCALE mean?
- To remove the hard chalky coating of limescale from a kettle, pipe or heating element, or to remove the scales from a fish.
- What letters can be added to DESCALE?
- DESCALE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DESCALE:
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