DISBOWEL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DISBOWEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISBOWEL?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISBOWEL is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISBOWEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
disbowelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISBOWEL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DISBOWEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISBOWEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DISBOWEL
- All 8 letters of DISBOWEL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DISBOWEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To remove the bowels or entrails of a person or animal.
Disbowel is an old and grisly variant that older writers used in the same way as disembowel. Today it is almost always replaced by the longer form, and appears only in historical prose.
How DISBOWEL is used
Archaic; disembowel is the standard modern word.
- The old ballad threatens to disbowel the traitor.
- Butchers would disbowel the carcass before hanging it.
- The chronicler wrote that they would disbowel the captive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISBOWEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISBOWEL
5 longer words begin with DISBOWEL.
Shorter words from the letters in DISBOWEL
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Common questions about DISBOWEL
- Is DISBOWEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISBOWEL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISBOWEL worth?
- DISBOWEL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISBOWEL mean?
- To remove the bowels or entrails of a person or animal.
- What letters can be added to DISBOWEL?
- DISBOWEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DISBOWEL:
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