DISMANTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DISMANTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISMANTLE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISMANTLE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISMANTLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISMANTLE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DISMANTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISMANTLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DISMANTLE
- All 9 letters of DISMANTLE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DISMANTLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To take apart piece by piece, or to bring an organisation or system to an end.
Mechanics dismantle an engine to repair it, and crews dismantle a stage after the show. The verb is also used for dismantling a policy or an institution step by step. An older sense meant to strip a ship of its rigging or a fort of its defences.
How DISMANTLE is used
Dismantle is common for taking apart machines and structures and for ending systems.
- Workers began to dismantle the old bridge.
- We had to dismantle the bed to get it through the door.
- The government promised to dismantle the old system.
- She watched him dismantle the clock carefully.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISMANTLE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISMANTLE
6 longer words begin with DISMANTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in DISMANTLE
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Common questions about DISMANTLE
- Is DISMANTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISMANTLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISMANTLE worth?
- DISMANTLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISMANTLE mean?
- To take apart piece by piece, or to bring an organisation or system to an end.
- What letters can be added to DISMANTLE?
- DISMANTLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DISMANTLE:
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