Is DISCOURAGE a word?
DISCOURAGE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 10 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DISCOURAGE is a valid word.
What does discourage mean?
verb: try to prevent; show opposition to.
“We should discourage this practice among our youth”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DISCOURAGE: word details
- Pronunciation: dihs-KUR-ihj (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 10 letters, a long word. It is one of 35,784 10-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside discourage
Words you can make from the letters of discourage.
Solve a whole rack, not just DISCOURAGE
DISCOURAGE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does DISCOURAGE mean?
DISCOURAGE is a verb. It means: try to prevent; show opposition to.
Is DISCOURAGE a valid word?
Yes, DISCOURAGE is a valid word. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.