DESPOIL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DESPOIL 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 DESPOIL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESPOIL is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESPOIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
despoilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DESPOIL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DESPOIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 144,744.
What stands out about DESPOIL
- The same 7 tiles also spell 5 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 DESPOIL mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To rob a place or person of valuable things by force; to plunder.
Armies despoil captured towns, and careless industry can despoil a landscape of its beauty. The word suggests taking away what is valuable and leaving ruin behind. It is stronger and more literary than simply rob.
How DESPOIL is used
Used in literary and historical writing about plunder and damage.
- Raiders came to despoil the abbey of its silver.
- Mining threatened to despoil the valley.
- No army should despoil a defeated city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESPOIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DESPOIL
The 7 tiles of DESPOIL in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with DESPOIL
8 longer words begin with DESPOIL.
Shorter words from the letters in DESPOIL
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Common questions about DESPOIL
- Is DESPOIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESPOIL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESPOIL worth?
- DESPOIL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESPOIL mean?
- To rob a place or person of valuable things by force; to plunder.
- What letters can be added to DESPOIL?
- DESPOIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DESPOIL:
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