DISPARATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DISPARATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISPARATE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISPARATE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISPARATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
disparatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISPARATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DISPARATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISPARATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISPARATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Made up of parts so different from one another that they cannot easily be compared or joined.
Writers reach for disparate when they want to stress how little two things have in common, as in disparate groups brought into one team. It is not the same as merely different, because it hints at a real gap in kind.
How DISPARATE is used
Common in formal prose describing groups, sources, views or elements.
- The committee gathered disparate opinions from across the country.
- Two disparate cultures lived side by side in the valley.
- The report pulls together disparate sources of data.
- Their disparate backgrounds never stopped them being friends.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISPARATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DISPARATE
The 9 tiles of DISPARATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DISPARATE
4 longer words begin with DISPARATE.
Shorter words from the letters in DISPARATE
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Common questions about DISPARATE
- Is DISPARATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISPARATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISPARATE worth?
- DISPARATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISPARATE mean?
- Made up of parts so different from one another that they cannot easily be compared or joined.
- What letters can be added to DISPARATE?
- DISPARATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DISPARATE:
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