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DISMAY

6 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DISMAY Means

  1. noun: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
  2. noun: fear resulting from the awareness of danger
  3. verb: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted“These news depressed her”
  4. verb: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised“I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DISMAY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 S1 M3 A1 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In DISMAY

69 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.

5 letter words (6)

4 letter words (22)

3 letter words (27)

2 letter words (14)

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