DIPSOMANIAC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. DIPSOMANIAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIPSOMANIAC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIPSOMANIAC is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIPSOMANIAC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dipsomaniacsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIPSOMANIAC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DIPSOMANIAC, 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 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIPSOMANIAC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIPSOMANIAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A person with an uncontrollable craving for alcohol.
Dipsomaniac belongs to older medical and literary vocabulary and now sounds dated beside the term alcoholic. Victorian novels use it for characters who drink compulsively. Modern clinicians avoid the label.
How DIPSOMANIAC is used
Dated; found mostly in older books or humorous writing.
- The novel portrays him as a hopeless dipsomaniac.
- In the old case notes the patient was called a dipsomaniac.
- She wrote about her grandfather, a charming dipsomaniac.
- The word dipsomaniac now sounds like something from a Victorian play.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIPSOMANIAC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIPSOMANIAC
2 longer words begin with DIPSOMANIAC.
Shorter words from the letters in DIPSOMANIAC
Showing 40 of 651. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about DIPSOMANIAC
- Is DIPSOMANIAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIPSOMANIAC, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIPSOMANIAC worth?
- DIPSOMANIAC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIPSOMANIAC mean?
- A person with an uncontrollable craving for alcohol.
- What letters can be added to DIPSOMANIAC?
- DIPSOMANIAC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DIPSOMANIAC:
Open DIPSOMANIAC in the Word Finder