DISPREAD is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DISPREAD 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 DISPREAD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISPREAD is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISPREAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dispreadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISPREAD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DISPREAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISPREAD has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DISPREAD
- DISPREAD begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DISPREAD mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicpoetic
To spread out or stretch across a wide space.
Dispread appears in older poetry, where wings, sails and branches are said to dispread themselves. The prefix adds a sense of opening outward in several directions at once.
How DISPREAD is used
Archaic and poetic; ordinary prose uses spread.
- The eagle began to dispread its wings.
- Morning light would dispread over the quiet fields.
- Branches dispread above the path like a green roof.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISPREAD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISPREAD
2 longer words begin with DISPREAD.
Shorter words from the letters in DISPREAD
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Common questions about DISPREAD
- Is DISPREAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISPREAD, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISPREAD worth?
- DISPREAD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISPREAD mean?
- To spread out or stretch across a wide space.
- What letters can be added to DISPREAD?
- DISPREAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DISPREAD:
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