What DISMAYS Means
DISMAYS is a form of DISMAY, which means:
- noun: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- noun: fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- verb: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted“These news depressed her”
- verb: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised“I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DISMAYS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 S1 M3 A1 Y4 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DISMAYS
94 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 (5)
5 letter words (16)
4 letter words (31)
AIDSAIMSAMIDAMISDAISDAMSDAYSDIMSDISADISSDIYAISMSMADSMAIDMASSMAYSMIDSMISSSADISADSSAIDSAIMSAISSAMSSAYSSIDASIMASIMSYADSYAMSYIDS
3 letter words (28)
2 letter words (14)
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