Is DISPOSSESSED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DISPOSSESSED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DISPOSSESSED mean?
- adjective
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
“made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
12
Letters
D (2) + I (1) + S (1) + P (3) + O (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 16 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 DISPOSSESSED
DISPOSSESSED 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 DISPOSSESSED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- dispossess13
- possessed12
- depsides12
- despised12
- disposed12
- seedpods12
- possesses11
- despises11
- disposes11
- episodes11
- deposed11
- depside11
- seedpod11
- speisses10
- deposes10
- despise10
- dispose10
- episode10
- speedos10
- poesies9
- possess9
- soddies9
- speises9
- depose9
- dipsos9
- epodes9
- espied9
- peised9
- pissed9
- poised9
- speedo9
- speeds9
- spodes9
- doped9
- didoes8
- diodes8
- dissed8
- dossed8
- eddies8
- eddoes8
- eposes8
- espies8
- peises8
- pisses8
- poises8
- posies8
- posses8
- sepses8
- sepsis8
- soddie8
- speise8
- speiss8
- deeps8
- dipso8
- dopes8
- epode8
- pedes8
- pedis8
- posed8
- siped8
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