Is DISBURSEMENT a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DISBURSEMENT is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DISBURSEMENT mean?
- noun
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- noun
the act of spending or disbursing money
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
12
Letters
D (2) + I (1) + S (1) + B (3) + U (1) + R (1) + S (1) + E (1) + M (3) + E (1) + N (1) + T (1) = 17 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 DISBURSEMENT
Single letters that turn DISBURSEMENT into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Words you can make from DISBURSEMENT
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- tenebrisms14
- submersed14
- denturisms13
- turbidness13
- underbites13
- bimesters13
- resubmits13
- tenebrism13
- tribesmen13
- bedtimes13
- bemisted13
- dumbness13
- embruted13
- imbruted13
- nimbused13
- numbered13
- timbered13
- subentries12
- terminuses12
- bestrides12
- burnsides12
- debruises12
- demisters12
- denturism12
- diestrums12
- interbeds12
- rudesbies12
- rudiments12
- sediments12
- sideburns12
- suberised12
- subtrends12
- tumidness12
- underbite12
- unmerited12
- unmitered12
- bimester12
- bitumens12
- brutisms12
- embrutes12
- imbrutes12
- nimbuses12
- resubmit12
- subitems12
- submerse12
- terbiums12
- bedtime12
- bemired12
- bemused12
- berimed12
- birdmen12
- dumbest12
- embrued12
- imbrued12
- umbered12
- unresisted11
- misenters11
- muensters11
- mutineers11
- bedrests11
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