DESCRAMBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DESCRAMBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DESCRAMBLE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESCRAMBLE is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESCRAMBLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DESCRAMBLE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DESCRAMBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DESCRAMBLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DESCRAMBLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To restore a scrambled signal or message to a form that can be understood.
Pay television and secure radio mix their signals on purpose, and a decoder has to descramble them for the viewer. The word is also used for sorting jumbled letters back into a word. It undoes an act of scrambling, nothing more.
How DESCRAMBLE is used
Descramble is used for broadcasts, codes and puzzles.
- A special box will descramble the cable channels.
- The spy tried to descramble the radio message.
- Can you descramble these letters to form a word?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESCRAMBLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DESCRAMBLE
4 longer words begin with DESCRAMBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in DESCRAMBLE
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Common questions about DESCRAMBLE
- Is DESCRAMBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESCRAMBLE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESCRAMBLE worth?
- DESCRAMBLE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESCRAMBLE mean?
- To restore a scrambled signal or message to a form that can be understood.
- What letters can be added to DESCRAMBLE?
- DESCRAMBLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DESCRAMBLE:
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