DISSATISFY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DISSATISFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISSATISFY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISSATISFY is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISSATISFY
No single letter turns DISSATISFY into another word.
How DISSATISFY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DISSATISFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISSATISFY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISSATISFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To fail to meet someone's wishes or expectations, leaving them unhappy.
To dissatisfy sounds more formal than to disappoint, and it is mostly met in reports about customers or voters. People more often say that they are dissatisfied than that something dissatisfies them.
How DISSATISFY is used
Active use is fairly formal; the participle dissatisfied is far more common.
- Slow service will dissatisfy even loyal customers.
- The new rules dissatisfy many of the teachers.
- Nothing seemed to dissatisfy him more than waiting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISSATISFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISSATISFY
1 longer words begin with DISSATISFY.
Shorter words from the letters in DISSATISFY
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Common questions about DISSATISFY
- Is DISSATISFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISSATISFY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISSATISFY worth?
- DISSATISFY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISSATISFY mean?
- To fail to meet someone's wishes or expectations, leaving them unhappy.
- What letters can be added to DISSATISFY?
- No single letter can be added to DISSATISFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DISSATISFY:
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