DIAERESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DIAERESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIAERESIS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIAERESIS is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIAERESIS
No single letter turns DIAERESIS into another word.
How DIAERESIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DIAERESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIAERESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DIAERESIS
- DIAERESIS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DIAERESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A mark of two dots placed over a vowel to show it is pronounced as a separate syllable.
The diaeresis tells the reader not to merge two neighbouring vowels, as in naive written with a dotted i. In poetry the term can also mean a natural pause in a line where a foot ends with a phrase. The same two dots in German are an umlaut, which does a different job.
How DIAERESIS is used
Used in grammar, printing and verse analysis; the American spelling dieresis is also seen.
- The diaeresis in the name Zoe is sometimes printed over the final letter.
- A diaeresis separates the vowels in the old spelling of cooperate.
- The poem has a clear diaeresis in the middle of each line.
- Typing a diaeresis requires a special key combination on many keyboards.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIAERESIS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DIAERESIS
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Common questions about DIAERESIS
- Is DIAERESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIAERESIS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIAERESIS worth?
- DIAERESIS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIAERESIS mean?
- A mark of two dots placed over a vowel to show it is pronounced as a separate syllable.
- What letters can be added to DIAERESIS?
- No single letter can be added to DIAERESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DIAERESIS:
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