DISPRIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. DISPRIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISPRIZE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISPRIZE is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISPRIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISPRIZE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DISPRIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISPRIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISPRIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To regard as having little worth and treat with contempt.
This old-fashioned verb is the opposite of prizing something. It turns up in older literature, where a character might disprize wealth or flattery as beneath them.
How DISPRIZE is used
Rare and bookish; you would disprize something only in older writing rather than everyday speech.
- The old philosopher would disprize fame as an empty reward.
- Do not disprize an honest gift just because it is small.
- Poets of that age liked to disprize gold and praise virtue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISPRIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISPRIZE
2 longer words begin with DISPRIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in DISPRIZE
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Common questions about DISPRIZE
- Is DISPRIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISPRIZE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISPRIZE worth?
- DISPRIZE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISPRIZE mean?
- To regard as having little worth and treat with contempt.
- What letters can be added to DISPRIZE?
- DISPRIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DISPRIZE:
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