DISSIMILATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DISSIMILATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISSIMILATE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISSIMILATE is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISSIMILATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISSIMILATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DISSIMILATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISSIMILATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISSIMILATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To make unlike, or in phonetics, to change one of two identical sounds in a word so that they differ.
Linguists say a sound can dissimilate when repeating it makes speech awkward, so one copy shifts. It is the opposite of assimilating, where neighbouring sounds grow alike.
How DISSIMILATE is used
Mainly used in linguistics, occasionally in general writing about growing different.
- In some languages a repeated consonant will dissimilate over centuries.
- The two dialects began to dissimilate once the groups separated.
- Speakers often dissimilate the second r in certain words.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISSIMILATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DISSIMILATE
The 11 tiles of DISSIMILATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DISSIMILATE
2 longer words begin with DISSIMILATE.
Shorter words from the letters in DISSIMILATE
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Common questions about DISSIMILATE
- Is DISSIMILATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISSIMILATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISSIMILATE worth?
- DISSIMILATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISSIMILATE mean?
- To make unlike, or in phonetics, to change one of two identical sounds in a word so that they differ.
- What letters can be added to DISSIMILATE?
- DISSIMILATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DISSIMILATE:
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