DISSEISE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DISSEISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISSEISE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISSEISE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISSEISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISSEISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DISSEISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISSEISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISSEISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
legalarchaic
To wrongfully take land or property from someone who is in possession of it.
Disseise belongs to old English property law, where seisin meant lawful possession of land. To disseise someone was to push them out unlawfully, which was grounds for a legal action. The word survives mainly in legal history.
How DISSEISE is used
Legal term; to disseise someone is to dispossess them of land.
- The lord was accused of trying to disseise his tenant.
- Medieval courts protected people who had been disseised.
- No one may disseise a landholder without legal process.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISSEISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISSEISE
4 longer words begin with DISSEISE.
Shorter words from the letters in DISSEISE
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Common questions about DISSEISE
- Is DISSEISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISSEISE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISSEISE worth?
- DISSEISE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISSEISE mean?
- To wrongfully take land or property from someone who is in possession of it.
- What letters can be added to DISSEISE?
- DISSEISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DISSEISE:
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