DILUTE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DILUTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DILUTE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DILUTE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DILUTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DILUTE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DILUTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does DILUTE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another substance to it.
Dilute is most often used for liquids, as when a strong solution is mixed with water to lower its concentration, but the word also works for anything whose strength or purity is reduced by adding something else. A company can dilute its shareholders' power by issuing new shares, and an argument can be diluted by adding qualifications. The adjective dilute describes something that has already been weakened in this way.
How DILUTE is used
Used in cooking, chemistry, and business writing whenever concentration or strength is reduced by mixing.
- Dilute the juice with water if it tastes too strong.
- The paint was too thick, so she had to dilute it before use.
- New shares can dilute the value held by existing owners.
- He always likes his coffee dilute rather than strong.
- Adding milk will dilute the flavor of the soup.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DILUTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DILUTE
8 longer words begin with DILUTE.
Shorter words from the letters in DILUTE
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Common questions about DILUTE
- Is DILUTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DILUTE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DILUTE worth?
- DILUTE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DILUTE mean?
- To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another substance to it.
- What letters can be added to DILUTE?
- DILUTE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DILUTE:
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