DIATESSARON is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DIATESSARON 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 DIATESSARON?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIATESSARON is to know. It scores 12 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIATESSARON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
diatessaronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIATESSARON scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DIATESSARON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIATESSARON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIATESSARON mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A single continuous narrative woven from the four Gospels; also, in ancient Greek music, the interval of a fourth.
The best known Diatessaron was a second-century harmony of the Gospels, widely used in early Syriac churches. The word comes from Greek and literally points to the number four.
How DIATESSARON is used
Diatessaron is used in biblical scholarship and in histories of ancient music.
- The scholar compared the Diatessaron with the separate Gospels.
- A Greek theorist described the diatessaron as a perfect interval.
- Few complete copies of the Diatessaron have survived.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIATESSARON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIATESSARON
1 longer words begin with DIATESSARON.
Shorter words from the letters in DIATESSARON
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Common questions about DIATESSARON
- Is DIATESSARON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIATESSARON, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIATESSARON worth?
- DIATESSARON is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIATESSARON mean?
- A single continuous narrative woven from the four Gospels; also, in ancient Greek music, the interval of a fourth.
- What letters can be added to DIATESSARON?
- DIATESSARON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DIATESSARON:
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