DIMWIT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DIMWIT 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 DIMWIT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIMWIT is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIMWIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dimwitsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIMWIT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DIMWIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does DIMWIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who is slow to understand or who acts without good sense.
Calling someone a dimwit is a mild put-down, more teasing than cruel, and it is often aimed at oneself after a silly mistake. The word is a simple joining of dim, meaning not bright, and wit, meaning mental sharpness. It is a close cousin of nitwit and halfwit, though dimwit is the lightest in tone of the three.
How DIMWIT is used
Informal and mildly insulting; best kept to casual or humorous contexts.
- I felt like a dimwit when I locked my keys in the car.
- The villain in the cartoon is a loud dimwit who falls for every trap.
- Only a dimwit would leave a campfire burning in dry woods.
- She laughed and called herself a dimwit for forgetting the date.
- He is no dimwit, whatever his brother says.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIMWIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIMWIT
2 longer words begin with DIMWIT.
Shorter words from the letters in DIMWIT
Common questions about DIMWIT
- Is DIMWIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIMWIT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIMWIT worth?
- DIMWIT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIMWIT mean?
- A person who is slow to understand or who acts without good sense.
- What letters can be added to DIMWIT?
- DIMWIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DIMWIT:
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