DIALLAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DIALLAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIALLAGE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIALLAGE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIALLAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
diallagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIALLAGE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DIALLAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIALLAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIALLAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A green or brown pyroxene mineral that splits into thin plates.
Geologists once used diallage as a catch-all name for pyroxene varieties showing clear layered cleavage. In rhetoric the same word named a figure of speech in which arguments are gathered to one point.
How DIALLAGE is used
Old-fashioned technical term in mineralogy.
- The sample of diallage glinted green under the lamp.
- Diallage is found in some dark igneous rocks.
- He labelled the specimen diallage in his notebook.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIALLAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIALLAGE
1 longer words begin with DIALLAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in DIALLAGE
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Common questions about DIALLAGE
- Is DIALLAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIALLAGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIALLAGE worth?
- DIALLAGE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIALLAGE mean?
- A green or brown pyroxene mineral that splits into thin plates.
- What letters can be added to DIALLAGE?
- DIALLAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DIALLAGE:
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