DISPEOPLE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DISPEOPLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISPEOPLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISPEOPLE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISPEOPLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISPEOPLE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DISPEOPLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISPEOPLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISPEOPLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryrare
To strip a place of its inhabitants, leaving it empty or nearly so.
Writers reach for dispeople when plague, war or forced removal empties a region. It is rarer than depopulate and carries a more solemn, historical tone.
How DISPEOPLE is used
Found in historical and literary prose about regions emptied of their people.
- The famine threatened to dispeople whole valleys.
- Raiders would dispeople the coast every summer.
- Chroniclers say the plague did dispeople the town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISPEOPLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISPEOPLE
2 longer words begin with DISPEOPLE.
Shorter words from the letters in DISPEOPLE
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Common questions about DISPEOPLE
- Is DISPEOPLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISPEOPLE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISPEOPLE worth?
- DISPEOPLE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISPEOPLE mean?
- To strip a place of its inhabitants, leaving it empty or nearly so.
- What letters can be added to DISPEOPLE?
- DISPEOPLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DISPEOPLE:
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