DISPARITY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DISPARITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISPARITY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISPARITY is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISPARITY
No single letter turns DISPARITY into another word.
How DISPARITY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DISPARITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISPARITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISPARITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A noticeable and often unfair difference between things that might be expected to be alike.
A disparity points to an uneven gap, such as in pay, wealth or treatment. Reporters use it where "difference" feels too neutral, since disparity hints that something ought to be investigated or corrected.
How DISPARITY is used
Usually followed by "between" or "in", as in a disparity in income between regions.
- There is a wide disparity between rich and poor districts.
- The study found a pay disparity of twenty percent.
- A disparity in age made the friendship unusual.
- The disparity in test scores worried the teachers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISPARITY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DISPARITY
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Common questions about DISPARITY
- Is DISPARITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISPARITY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISPARITY worth?
- DISPARITY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISPARITY mean?
- A noticeable and often unfair difference between things that might be expected to be alike.
- What letters can be added to DISPARITY?
- No single letter can be added to DISPARITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DISPARITY:
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