DISCEPT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DISCEPT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISCEPT?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISCEPT is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISCEPT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
disceptsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISCEPT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DISCEPT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does DISCEPT mean in Scrabble?
verb
rarearchaic
To argue about a question or discuss it at length.
Discept is a learned and old-fashioned verb that scholars once used for formal disputation. It survives mostly in dictionaries and word lists rather than in everyday talk, and its noun cousin is disceptation.
How DISCEPT is used
Rare today; appears in older prose and in word games.
- The two professors would discept for hours over a single line of the poem.
- They met each week to discept on matters of law.
- It is not wise to discept with a man who already made up his mind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISCEPT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DISCEPT
The 7 tiles of DISCEPT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DISCEPT
9 longer words begin with DISCEPT.
Shorter words from the letters in DISCEPT
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Common questions about DISCEPT
- Is DISCEPT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISCEPT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISCEPT worth?
- DISCEPT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISCEPT mean?
- To argue about a question or discuss it at length.
- What letters can be added to DISCEPT?
- DISCEPT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DISCEPT:
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