DISMAY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DISMAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISMAY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISMAY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISMAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISMAY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DISMAY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does DISMAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sinking feeling of worry and disappointment on learning of something unwelcome.
Dismay sits between surprise and despair: a person is shocked by bad news and loses some confidence at the same moment. It is used as a noun, as in to her dismay, and also as a verb meaning to fill someone with that feeling. The word arrived in English from Old French and once suggested fear strong enough to take away courage, which is stronger than its common modern use.
How DISMAY is used
Common in news and formal writing, often in the phrase to my dismay or in the verb form with a person as the object.
- To her dismay, the shop had already closed.
- The mayor expressed dismay at the report on the bridge.
- He stared at the broken window in dismay.
- Fans reacted with dismay when the show was cancelled.
- A cry of dismay went up from the crowd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISMAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISMAY
13 longer words begin with DISMAY.
Shorter words from the letters in DISMAY
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Common questions about DISMAY
- Is DISMAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISMAY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISMAY worth?
- DISMAY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISMAY mean?
- A sinking feeling of worry and disappointment on learning of something unwelcome.
- What letters can be added to DISMAY?
- DISMAY takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DISMAY:
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