DEWORM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DEWORM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEWORM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEWORM is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEWORM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dewormsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEWORM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEWORM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does DEWORM mean in Scrabble?
verb
To give an animal or person medicine that clears out parasitic worms in the gut.
Vets deworm puppies, kittens and foals as a routine part of early care, and farmers do the same for sheep and cattle on a schedule. Public health programmes also deworm schoolchildren in regions where intestinal parasites are common. The verb is built from the prefix de-, meaning to remove, attached to worm.
How DEWORM is used
Common in veterinary and public health writing; the usual object is an animal, a herd or a group of children.
- The vet advised us to deworm the kitten at six weeks.
- Farmers deworm their sheep before they move them to fresh pasture.
- The clinic will deworm every child in the village this spring.
- It is wise to deworm a new horse before it joins the herd.
- Many owners forget to deworm their dogs after the first year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEWORM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEWORM
The 6 tiles of DEWORM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DEWORM
5 longer words begin with DEWORM.
Shorter words from the letters in DEWORM
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Common questions about DEWORM
- Is DEWORM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEWORM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEWORM worth?
- DEWORM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEWORM mean?
- To give an animal or person medicine that clears out parasitic worms in the gut.
- What letters can be added to DEWORM?
- DEWORM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEWORM:
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