DESORB is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DESORB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DESORB?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESORB is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESORB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
desorbsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DESORB scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DESORB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What stands out about DESORB
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 DESORB mean in Scrabble?
verb
chemistry
To release a substance that was held on a surface, as a gas or liquid leaving a solid.
When a gas sticks to the surface of charcoal it is adsorbed, and when heating or lower pressure frees it again the gas is said to desorb. The process is the reverse of adsorption, and engineers rely on it to regenerate filters and to recover captured vapours. The word is built from the prefix de- and sorb, a short form for the family of sorption terms.
How DESORB is used
Technical term of chemistry and physics.
- Heating the filter will desorb the trapped vapour.
- Gas molecules desorb from the metal as the temperature rises.
- The sample was warmed so that water could desorb slowly.
- Lower pressure helps the solvent desorb from the carbon.
- Scientists measured how fast each compound would desorb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESORB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DESORB
The 6 tiles of DESORB in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DESORB
5 longer words begin with DESORB.
Shorter words from the letters in DESORB
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Common questions about DESORB
- Is DESORB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESORB, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESORB worth?
- DESORB is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESORB mean?
- To release a substance that was held on a surface, as a gas or liquid leaving a solid.
- What letters can be added to DESORB?
- DESORB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DESORB:
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