DESTRUCT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DESTRUCT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DESTRUCT?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESTRUCT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESTRUCT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DESTRUCT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DESTRUCT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DESTRUCT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DESTRUCT mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To destroy something deliberately, especially a missile or device that has gone wrong.
Range officers destruct a rocket that strays from its path so it cannot harm anyone. In fiction a machine is told to self-destruct, and a destruct button on a console is a popular film prop.
How DESTRUCT is used
Destruct is used chiefly in aerospace and military contexts, as in self-destruct.
- Controllers had to destruct the rocket soon after launch.
- The program is built to destruct the data if the wrong code is typed.
- The captain gave the order to destruct the damaged probe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESTRUCT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DESTRUCT
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Shorter words from the letters in DESTRUCT
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Common questions about DESTRUCT
- Is DESTRUCT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESTRUCT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESTRUCT worth?
- DESTRUCT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESTRUCT mean?
- To destroy something deliberately, especially a missile or device that has gone wrong.
- What letters can be added to DESTRUCT?
- DESTRUCT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DESTRUCT:
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