DISUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DISUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISUSE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISUSE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISUSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISUSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DISUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does DISUSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The state of no longer being used.
Disuse describes the condition a tool, building, custom, or skill falls into once people stop using or practicing it, often accompanied by decay, forgetting, or loss of function. A muscle can weaken through disuse, a word can fall out of disuse, and an old building can stand in disuse for decades. Disuse can also work as a rare verb meaning to stop using something, though the noun is by far the more common form today.
How DISUSE is used
Common in general writing about buildings, customs, skills, or words that have stopped being used.
- The old mill fell into disuse after the factory closed.
- Muscles weaken quickly through disuse.
- The custom slipped into disuse within a generation.
- Years of disuse had left the machine rusted and broken.
- The word survives mainly in old texts, its everyday disuse now complete.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISUSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DISUSE
The 6 tiles of DISUSE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DISUSE
2 longer words begin with DISUSE.
Shorter words from the letters in DISUSE
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Common questions about DISUSE
- Is DISUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISUSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISUSE worth?
- DISUSE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISUSE mean?
- The state of no longer being used.
- What letters can be added to DISUSE?
- DISUSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DISUSE:
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