DIANE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. DIANE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DIANE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIANE is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIANE
No single letter turns DIANE into another word.
How DIANE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DIANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,227.
What does DIANE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Used only in the phrase steak diane, describing steak served in a rich, seasoned pan sauce.
Diane appears in English almost exclusively attached to the dish steak diane, a preparation of pan-fried steak finished with a sauce of cream, mustard, and brandy or cognac. Outside that one culinary phrase the word has no independent meaning.
How DIANE is used
Restricted to the fixed culinary phrase steak diane.
- The chef flambeed the pan for a classic steak diane.
- The menu offered a diane sauce alongside the fillet.
- She learned to make steak diane with cognac and cream.
- The bistro's diane preparation impressed the food critic.
- He ordered his steak diane rare, with extra sauce.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIANE
The 5 tiles of DIANE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DIANE
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Common questions about DIANE
- Is DIANE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DIANE is not in it.
- How many points is DIANE worth?
- DIANE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIANE mean?
- Used only in the phrase steak diane, describing steak served in a rich, seasoned pan sauce.
- What letters can be added to DIANE?
- No single letter can be added to DIANE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DIANE:
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