DISME is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DISME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISME?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISME is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dismesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISME scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DISME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about DISME
- The same 5 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 DISME mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalarchaic
A former United States coin worth ten cents, issued in 1792 as an early pattern for what later became the dime.
The disme borrowed its name from an old word for a tenth part, since the coin represented one tenth of a dollar, and later spelling simplified it into dime. Only a small number of the original 1792 disme coins survive, making them prized among coin collectors today. Beyond coinage, disme also lived on more broadly as an archaic word for a tithe or tenth share of something.
How DISME is used
Chiefly historical, used for the early American coin and its outdated general sense of a tenth part.
- Collectors prize the rare 1792 disme highly.
- A disme was minted before the modern dime existed.
- The museum displayed a silver disme in a glass case.
- Historians trace the dime back to the earlier disme.
- Few surviving examples of the original disme remain today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DISME
The 5 tiles of DISME in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DISME
9 longer words begin with DISME.
Words ending in DISME
1 words end in DISME. Useful as a back hook: play DISME onto a word already on the board.
Words with DISME inside
1 words contain DISME in the middle. Words that start with DISME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DISME
Common questions about DISME
- Is DISME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISME, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISME worth?
- DISME is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISME mean?
- A former United States coin worth ten cents, issued in 1792 as an early pattern for what later became the dime.
- What letters can be added to DISME?
- DISME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DISME:
Open DISME in the Word Finder