DISINVEST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DISINVEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISINVEST?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISINVEST is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISINVEST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
disinvestsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISINVEST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DISINVEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISINVEST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISINVEST mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To reduce or withdraw money invested in a business, industry or region.
Disinvest is the opposite of invest and is typical of finance and politics. Funds may disinvest from fossil fuels for ethical reasons, or a company may disinvest from a market that no longer pays. The result is that capital leaves rather than comes in.
How DISINVEST is used
Disinvest is usually followed by from.
- The university voted to disinvest from tobacco companies.
- Many firms chose to disinvest from the region during the crisis.
- Pension funds began to disinvest from coal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISINVEST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISINVEST
7 longer words begin with DISINVEST.
Shorter words from the letters in DISINVEST
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Common questions about DISINVEST
- Is DISINVEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISINVEST, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISINVEST worth?
- DISINVEST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISINVEST mean?
- To reduce or withdraw money invested in a business, industry or region.
- What letters can be added to DISINVEST?
- DISINVEST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DISINVEST:
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