DILATION is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DILATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DILATION?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DILATION is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DILATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dilationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DILATION scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DILATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DILATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DILATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
The act or state of becoming wider, larger or more open.
Doctors speak of the dilation of pupils or blood vessels, and midwives track the dilation of the cervix in labour. Dilation can also describe stretching of time, as in physics. In older writing it meant speaking at length about a subject.
How DILATION is used
Common in medicine and science wherever dilation is measured.
- Eye drops cause dilation of the pupils.
- The nurse recorded the dilation every hour.
- Time dilation is a prediction of relativity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DILATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DILATION
1 longer words begin with DILATION.
Shorter words from the letters in DILATION
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Common questions about DILATION
- Is DILATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DILATION, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DILATION worth?
- DILATION is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DILATION mean?
- The act or state of becoming wider, larger or more open.
- What letters can be added to DILATION?
- DILATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DILATION:
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