DISPOSSESSOR is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DISPOSSESSOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISPOSSESSOR?
| 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 DISPOSSESSOR is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISPOSSESSOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISPOSSESSOR scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in DISPOSSESSOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 5 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. DISPOSSESSOR needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about DISPOSSESSOR
- The letter S appears five times in DISPOSSESSOR.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DISPOSSESSOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A person who forces another out of ownership or occupation of land or property.
The dispossessor in a legal dispute is the party who took the property, set against the victim who lost it. Outside law the word turns up in history of evictions and conquest.
How DISPOSSESSOR is used
Rare outside property law and historical writing.
- The tenants named the landlord as their dispossessor.
- History remembers the conqueror as a dispossessor of whole villages.
- A court can restore land to its owner and fine the dispossessor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISPOSSESSOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISPOSSESSOR
2 longer words begin with DISPOSSESSOR.
Shorter words from the letters in DISPOSSESSOR
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Common questions about DISPOSSESSOR
- Is DISPOSSESSOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISPOSSESSOR, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISPOSSESSOR worth?
- DISPOSSESSOR is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISPOSSESSOR mean?
- A person who forces another out of ownership or occupation of land or property.
- What letters can be added to DISPOSSESSOR?
- DISPOSSESSOR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of DISPOSSESSOR:
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