Is DISTRESS a word?
DISTRESS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DISTRESS is a valid word.
What does distress mean?
noun: psychological suffering.
“the death of his wife caused him great distress”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DISTRESS: word details
- Pronunciation: dihst-REHS (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 9 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.
Anagrams of distress
Shorter words inside distress
Words you can make from the letters of distress.
Solve a whole rack, not just DISTRESS
DISTRESS 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 DISTRESS mean?
DISTRESS is a noun. It means: psychological suffering.
Is DISTRESS a valid word?
Yes, DISTRESS is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 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.