Is DISAPPOINTINGLY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DISAPPOINTINGLY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 24 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DISAPPOINTINGLY mean?
- adverb
in a disappointing manner
“the discoverer of argon, Sir William Ramsay, looked disappointingly ordinary”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
24
Scrabble
29
Words With Friends
15
Letters
D (2) + I (1) + S (1) + A (1) + P (3) + P (3) + O (1) + I (1) + N (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) + L (1) + Y (4) = 24 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for DISAPPOINTINGLY
DISAPPOINTINGLY has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from DISAPPOINTINGLY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- disappointing19
- polydipsia18
- snappingly18
- displaying17
- nippingly17
- linotyping16
- poignantly16
- applying16
- pipingly16
- displanting15
- postlanding15
- appointing15
- disappoint15
- oppilating15
- adiposity15
- dystopian15
- insipidly15
- pantingly15
- pandying15
- pygidial15
- snappily15
- snippily15
- yapping15
- yipping15
- platinising14
- dialysing14
- diplopias14
- indignity14
- ponytails14
- stippling14
- stoppling14
- dappling14
- dystopia14
- palsying14
- posingly14
- sapidity14
- splaying14
- spongily14
- stylopid14
- nippily14
- panoply14
- payslip14
- platypi14
- podgily14
- pygidia14
- sappily14
- soppily14
- splodgy14
- gloppy14
- gyppos14
- platinoids13
- spoliating13
- astonying13
- atoningly13
- dionysian13
- pinpoints13
- spindling13
- algidity13
- apposing13
- diplopia13
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