Is DISSONANCES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DISSONANCES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DISSONANCES mean?
Dissonances is a form of DISSONANCE.
- noun
a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- noun
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
“modern music is just noise to me”
- noun
disagreeable sounds
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 11
D (2) + I (1) + S (1) + S (1) + O (1) + N (1) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) = 14 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 DISSONANCES
DISSONANCES 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 DISSONANCES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- dissonance13
- ascensions12
- canonised12
- diocesans12
- ascension11
- canonises11
- scansions11
- acidness11
- acidoses11
- codeinas11
- diocesan11
- discases11
- nonacids11
- sandiness10
- caissons10
- canoness10
- canonise10
- cassines10
- cassinos10
- cessions10
- cosiness10
- scansion10
- sonances10
- acnodes10
- ascends10
- candies10
- coadies10
- codeias10
- codeina10
- codeins10
- deacons10
- discase10
- discoes10
- incased10
- nonacid10
- scanned10
- secondi10
- seconds10
- adenosis9
- adonises9
- anodises9
- acinose9
- ancones9
- ascesis9
- caisson9
- canines9
- caseins9
- casinos9
- cassine9
- cassino9
- cession9
- conines9
- cosines9
- encinas9
- incases9
- neonics9
- oscines9
- sonance9
- acnode9
- anodic9
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