Is DISCOUNTENANCES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DISCOUNTENANCES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 20 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DISCOUNTENANCES mean?
Discountenances is a form of DISCOUNTENANCE.
- verb
look with disfavor on
“The republic soon discountenanced its few friends”
- verb
show disapproval by discouraging
“any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
20
Scrabble
26
Words With Friends
15
Letters
D (2) + I (1) + S (1) + C (3) + O (1) + U (1) + N (1) + T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) = 20 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 DISCOUNTENANCES
DISCOUNTENANCES 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 DISCOUNTENANCES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- discountenance19
- incandescents18
- countenanced17
- incandescent17
- continuances16
- countenances16
- nanosciences16
- accessioned16
- deaccession16
- disconnects16
- incandesces16
- inductances16
- unconnected16
- unsanctioned15
- consistence15
- constancies15
- continences15
- continuance15
- cotenancies15
- countenance15
- nanoscience15
- nonsciences15
- candescent15
- desiccants15
- desiccates15
- disconnect15
- incandesce15
- inductance15
- unaccented15
- condensates14
- decussation14
- intendances14
- tendencious14
- uncontained14
- continence14
- encaustics14
- innocences14
- nascencies14
- nonascetic14
- nonscience14
- oscitances14
- succinates14
- accidents14
- accounted14
- anecdotic14
- cadencies14
- coenacted14
- conceited14
- concussed14
- connected14
- desiccant14
- desiccate14
- ensconced14
- occidents14
- succedent14
- ancientness13
- ascendents13
- condensate13
- custodians13
- descension13
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