DISEMBOWEL is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. DISEMBOWEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISEMBOWEL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISEMBOWEL is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISEMBOWEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
disembowelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISEMBOWEL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DISEMBOWEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISEMBOWEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISEMBOWEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To remove the intestines or internal organs from a body.
Cooks disembowel fish and game before preparing them, and the word also appears in grim accounts of old punishments. It can be used loosely for gutting something of its contents.
How DISEMBOWEL is used
Used literally in cooking and history, and figuratively for gutting a thing.
- The fisherman began to disembowel the catch on the dock.
- Medieval traitors were sometimes hanged and disembowelled.
- Cuts threatened to disembowel the whole programme.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISEMBOWEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISEMBOWEL
7 longer words begin with DISEMBOWEL.
Shorter words from the letters in DISEMBOWEL
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Common questions about DISEMBOWEL
- Is DISEMBOWEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISEMBOWEL, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISEMBOWEL worth?
- DISEMBOWEL is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISEMBOWEL mean?
- To remove the intestines or internal organs from a body.
- What letters can be added to DISEMBOWEL?
- DISEMBOWEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DISEMBOWEL:
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