DITE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DITE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DITE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DITE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DITE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about DITE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DITE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicobsolete
To compose or put into writing, especially a poem or song.
To dite something was to compose it in words, most often a verse or a piece of writing intended to be read aloud or sung. The word belongs to old English poetic vocabulary and survives now only in historical or deliberately archaic writing about medieval composition.
How DITE is used
Obsolete; encountered only in older texts and historical or literary discussion.
- The monk would dite a verse each morning before prayers.
- Minstrels used to dite songs praising their lords.
- She tried to dite a sonnet in the old manner.
- The chronicler claimed to dite an honest account of the siege.
- He learned to dite simple rhymes as a boy at the abbey school.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DITE
The 4 tiles of DITE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with DITE
2 longer words begin with DITE.
Words ending in DITE
Showing 24 of 34 words that end in DITE. Useful as a back hook: play DITE onto a word already on the board.
Words with DITE inside
Showing 24 of 77 words that contain DITE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DITE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DITE
Common questions about DITE
- Is DITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DITE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DITE worth?
- DITE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DITE mean?
- To compose or put into writing, especially a poem or song.
- What letters can be added to DITE?
- DITE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DITE:
Open DITE in the Word Finder