DILAPIDATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DILAPIDATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DILAPIDATE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DILAPIDATE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DILAPIDATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DILAPIDATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DILAPIDATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DILAPIDATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DILAPIDATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To fall, or cause something to fall, into decay or disrepair through neglect.
To dilapidate a house is to let it crumble by never repairing it. The verb is far less common than the adjective dilapidated, and it appears mostly in older or legal writing.
How DILAPIDATE is used
Dilapidate is rare, and the adjective dilapidated is the form people usually meet.
- Years of neglect will dilapidate the old barn.
- The owners let the church dilapidate.
- Damp and frost dilapidate the walls.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DILAPIDATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DILAPIDATE
2 longer words begin with DILAPIDATE.
Shorter words from the letters in DILAPIDATE
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Common questions about DILAPIDATE
- Is DILAPIDATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DILAPIDATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DILAPIDATE worth?
- DILAPIDATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DILAPIDATE mean?
- To fall, or cause something to fall, into decay or disrepair through neglect.
- What letters can be added to DILAPIDATE?
- DILAPIDATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DILAPIDATE:
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