DISPENSARY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. DISPENSARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISPENSARY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISPENSARY is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISPENSARY
No single letter turns DISPENSARY into another word.
How DISPENSARY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DISPENSARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISPENSARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISPENSARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A place where medicines are prepared and given out, such as a hospital pharmacy or a charitable clinic.
Historically a dispensary offered free or cheap medical help to the poor. In some regions today the word also names a licensed shop that sells cannabis for medical use.
How DISPENSARY is used
Dispensary suggests a counter inside a clinic or a licensed shop, not an ordinary high-street pharmacy.
- The village dispensary opened at eight every morning.
- She collected her prescription from the hospital dispensary.
- A charity ran the dispensary for families who could not pay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISPENSARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DISPENSARY
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Common questions about DISPENSARY
- Is DISPENSARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISPENSARY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISPENSARY worth?
- DISPENSARY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISPENSARY mean?
- A place where medicines are prepared and given out, such as a hospital pharmacy or a charitable clinic.
- What letters can be added to DISPENSARY?
- No single letter can be added to DISPENSARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DISPENSARY:
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