DISSEISIN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DISSEISIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISSEISIN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISSEISIN is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISSEISIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISSEISIN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DISSEISIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISSEISIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISSEISIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
The wrongful removal of a person from land they lawfully hold.
In old English property law, disseisin meant someone pushed out the person who actually possessed a freehold. It differs from simple trespass, because the intruder takes over possession itself. The term survives mainly in legal history.
How DISSEISIN is used
Used in legal history and older land law texts.
- The tenant sued for disseisin after the neighbour seized his field.
- A claim of disseisin had to be brought within a fixed time.
- Medieval courts treated disseisin as a serious wrong.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISSEISIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISSEISIN
2 longer words begin with DISSEISIN.
Shorter words from the letters in DISSEISIN
Showing 40 of 95. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about DISSEISIN
- Is DISSEISIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISSEISIN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISSEISIN worth?
- DISSEISIN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISSEISIN mean?
- The wrongful removal of a person from land they lawfully hold.
- What letters can be added to DISSEISIN?
- DISSEISIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DISSEISIN:
Open DISSEISIN in the Word Finder