DISENTAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DISENTAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISENTAIL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISENTAIL is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISENTAIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
disentailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISENTAIL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DISENTAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISENTAIL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DISENTAIL
- The same 9 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DISENTAIL mean in Scrabble?
verb
legal
To free an estate from a legal restriction that fixes who may inherit it.
An entailed estate had to pass down a set line of heirs and could not be sold. To disentail it was to break that chain so the owner could dispose of the land freely. The word turns up in histories of property law and in older novels about inheritance.
How DISENTAIL is used
Used in legal history and period fiction about landed estates.
- The heir hoped to disentail the estate and sell the manor.
- A court order was needed to disentail the land.
- They chose to disentail the property to pay off debts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISENTAIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DISENTAIL
The 9 tiles of DISENTAIL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DISENTAIL
5 longer words begin with DISENTAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in DISENTAIL
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Common questions about DISENTAIL
- Is DISENTAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISENTAIL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISENTAIL worth?
- DISENTAIL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISENTAIL mean?
- To free an estate from a legal restriction that fixes who may inherit it.
- What letters can be added to DISENTAIL?
- DISENTAIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DISENTAIL:
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