DIPSOMANIA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DIPSOMANIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIPSOMANIA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIPSOMANIA is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIPSOMANIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIPSOMANIA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DIPSOMANIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIPSOMANIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIPSOMANIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
An old term for an uncontrollable craving for alcohol, often in periodic bouts.
Dipsomania was once a medical diagnosis and then a loose name for heavy drinking. Modern medicine speaks of alcohol use disorder, so dipsomania now sounds dated and literary.
How DIPSOMANIA is used
Dated; found in older medical texts and period fiction.
- The novel's hero suffers from dipsomania.
- Doctors of that age wrote of dipsomania as a disease of the will.
- His dipsomania ruined the family business.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIPSOMANIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIPSOMANIA
4 longer words begin with DIPSOMANIA.
Shorter words from the letters in DIPSOMANIA
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Common questions about DIPSOMANIA
- Is DIPSOMANIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIPSOMANIA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIPSOMANIA worth?
- DIPSOMANIA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIPSOMANIA mean?
- An old term for an uncontrollable craving for alcohol, often in periodic bouts.
- What letters can be added to DIPSOMANIA?
- DIPSOMANIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DIPSOMANIA:
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