DISCOURTEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DISCOURTEOUS 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 DISCOURTEOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISCOURTEOUS is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISCOURTEOUS
No single letter turns DISCOURTEOUS into another word.
How DISCOURTEOUS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in DISCOURTEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISCOURTEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DISCOURTEOUS
- DISCOURTEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DISCOURTEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Showing bad manners and little consideration for the feelings of others.
Discourteous is a formal, restrained way to call behaviour rude without raising the temperature. It is common in complaints, reviews and official letters.
How DISCOURTEOUS is used
Typically describes a clerk, driver, host or remark that falls short of ordinary politeness.
- The waiter was openly discourteous to the late arrivals.
- It would be discourteous to leave before the speeches end.
- She wrote to complain about a discourteous reply from the helpdesk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISCOURTEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISCOURTEOUS
2 longer words begin with DISCOURTEOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in DISCOURTEOUS
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Common questions about DISCOURTEOUS
- Is DISCOURTEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISCOURTEOUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISCOURTEOUS worth?
- DISCOURTEOUS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISCOURTEOUS mean?
- Showing bad manners and little consideration for the feelings of others.
- What letters can be added to DISCOURTEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to DISCOURTEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of DISCOURTEOUS:
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