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DISDAIN

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DISDAIN Means

  1. noun: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike“he was held in contempt”
  2. noun: a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
  3. verb: look down on with disdain“He despises the people he has to work for”
  4. verb: reject with contempt“She spurned his advances”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DISDAIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 S1 D2 A1 I1 N1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In DISDAIN

58 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (1)

5 letter words (1)

4 letter words (22)

3 letter words (23)

2 letter words (11)

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