DIAERETIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DIAERETIC 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 DIAERETIC?
| 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 DIAERETIC is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIAERETIC
No single letter turns DIAERETIC into another word.
How DIAERETIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DIAERETIC, 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 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIAERETIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DIAERETIC
- DIAERETIC 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 DIAERETIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to diaeresis, the division of one syllable into two.
Diaeretic describes a pause or split in a sound, like the two vowels of the word naive pronounced separately. It also belongs to the mark of two dots placed over a vowel. The related spelling dieretic is much rarer.
How DIAERETIC is used
Diaeretic is a specialist term in linguistics and metrics.
- The poet used a diaeretic pause in the middle of the word.
- A diaeretic mark shows that the two vowels are sounded apart.
- Scholars noted the diaeretic reading of the line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIAERETIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DIAERETIC
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Common questions about DIAERETIC
- Is DIAERETIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIAERETIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIAERETIC worth?
- DIAERETIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIAERETIC mean?
- Relating to diaeresis, the division of one syllable into two.
- What letters can be added to DIAERETIC?
- No single letter can be added to DIAERETIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DIAERETIC:
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