DIRGELIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DIRGELIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIRGELIKE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIRGELIKE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIRGELIKE
No single letter turns DIRGELIKE into another word.
How DIRGELIKE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DIRGELIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIRGELIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIRGELIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Slow, mournful and solemn, like a song sung at a funeral.
Dirgelike is used to describe music, voices or moods that drag with sorrow. A dirgelike tempo makes even a cheerful tune sound like a lament, and reviewers reach for the word when a performance feels heavy and funereal.
How DIRGELIKE is used
Literary and critical; describes slow, sombre music, speech or atmosphere.
- The choir sang in a dirgelike chant.
- A dirgelike rhythm ran through the whole album.
- The band slowed the song to a dirgelike crawl.
- His dirgelike voice filled the empty hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIRGELIKE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIRGELIKE
The 9 tiles of DIRGELIKE in a different order — 1 found.
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Common questions about DIRGELIKE
- Is DIRGELIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIRGELIKE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIRGELIKE worth?
- DIRGELIKE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIRGELIKE mean?
- Slow, mournful and solemn, like a song sung at a funeral.
- What letters can be added to DIRGELIKE?
- No single letter can be added to DIRGELIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DIRGELIKE:
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