DISTRAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DISTRAIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISTRAIN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISTRAIN is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISTRAIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISTRAIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DISTRAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISTRAIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISTRAIN mean in Scrabble?
verb
legal
To seize a person's goods in order to force payment of a debt such as unpaid rent.
Landlords once used distrain to take furniture or livestock until the rent was settled. The seized items were held as security, then sold if the debt stayed unpaid. The related noun is distraint, and the practice is limited by modern law.
How DISTRAIN is used
Legal word; a creditor may distrain on goods.
- The landlord threatened to distrain the tenant's furniture.
- Bailiffs may distrain goods only under strict rules.
- He had the right to distrain for unpaid rent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISTRAIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISTRAIN
14 longer words begin with DISTRAIN.
Shorter words from the letters in DISTRAIN
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Common questions about DISTRAIN
- Is DISTRAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISTRAIN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISTRAIN worth?
- DISTRAIN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISTRAIN mean?
- To seize a person's goods in order to force payment of a debt such as unpaid rent.
- What letters can be added to DISTRAIN?
- DISTRAIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DISTRAIN:
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