DESKILL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DESKILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DESKILL?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESKILL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESKILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
deskillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DESKILL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DESKILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does DESKILL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To reduce the level of skill needed to do a job, often by using machines or computers.
Employers deskill a trade when they break it into simple repeated steps that anyone can learn quickly. Workers often resist this, since it tends to lower wages as well as the prestige of the craft.
How DESKILL is used
Common in discussions of labour, automation and manufacturing.
- Automation threatens to deskill many factory jobs.
- Managers chose to deskill the process to cut training costs.
- Unions argued that the new software would deskill their members.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESKILL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DESKILL
The 7 tiles of DESKILL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DESKILL
4 longer words begin with DESKILL.
Shorter words from the letters in DESKILL
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Common questions about DESKILL
- Is DESKILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESKILL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESKILL worth?
- DESKILL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESKILL mean?
- To reduce the level of skill needed to do a job, often by using machines or computers.
- What letters can be added to DESKILL?
- DESKILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DESKILL:
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