DICHOTOMIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 28 points
Yes. DICHOTOMIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 28 points in Scrabble and 29 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DICHOTOMIZE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICHOTOMIZE is to know. It scores 28 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICHOTOMIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DICHOTOMIZE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DICHOTOMIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DICHOTOMIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DICHOTOMIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To divide something into two sharply opposed groups, parts or kinds.
To dichotomize a question is often to oversimplify it, since real cases tend to lie somewhere between the extremes. Statisticians use the verb for splitting a continuous measure into two categories.
How DICHOTOMIZE is used
To dichotomize is formal and appears in scholarly, scientific and critical writing.
- Critics warned against the tendency to dichotomize every debate into good and evil.
- Researchers chose to dichotomize the scores into high and low.
- It is tempting to dichotomize people into early birds and night owls.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICHOTOMIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DICHOTOMIZE
2 longer words begin with DICHOTOMIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in DICHOTOMIZE
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Common questions about DICHOTOMIZE
- Is DICHOTOMIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICHOTOMIZE, where it scores 29 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICHOTOMIZE worth?
- DICHOTOMIZE is worth 28 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICHOTOMIZE mean?
- To divide something into two sharply opposed groups, parts or kinds.
- What letters can be added to DICHOTOMIZE?
- DICHOTOMIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DICHOTOMIZE:
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