DIPSAS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DIPSAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIPSAS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIPSAS is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIPSAS
No single letter turns DIPSAS into another word.
How DIPSAS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DIPSAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What does DIPSAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaiczoology
A legendary snake whose bite was said to cause an unquenchable thirst.
The name dipsas is the Greek word for thirst, and ancient writers described the creature in tales of Africa and the desert. Its victims, so the story went, drank without end and often died of it. Later the same name was given to a genus of small, harmless snakes in tropical America, which are named after the old legend rather than because of any such bite.
How DIPSAS is used
Rare; found in old travel stories and in zoological naming.
- The poet pictured the dipsas lurking in the burning sand.
- According to the legend, a dipsas bite left a man mad with thirst.
- Pliny lists the dipsas among the serpents of the desert.
- The snake was named dipsas after an ancient fable.
- No traveller had ever truly seen a dipsas, only heard of one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIPSAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about DIPSAS
- Is DIPSAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIPSAS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIPSAS worth?
- DIPSAS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIPSAS mean?
- A legendary snake whose bite was said to cause an unquenchable thirst.
- What letters can be added to DIPSAS?
- No single letter can be added to DIPSAS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DIPSAS:
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