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Yes. The word disperse is a Scrabble US word. The word disperse is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word disperse is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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8-letter words (3 found)

DESPISER,DISPERSE,PRESIDES,

7-letter words (15 found)

DEPRESS,DESIRES,DESPISE,ESPIERS,PEDESIS,PREDIES,PRESIDE,PRESSED,PRESSIE,PRISSED,RESIDES,SPEIRED,SPERSED,SPIDERS,SPIERED,

6-letter words (41 found)

DESIRE,DIESES,EIDERS,EPRISE,ESPIED,ESPIER,ESPIES,PEISED,PEISES,PERDIE,PERSES,PISSED,PISSER,PRESES,PRIDES,PRISED,PRISES,REDIPS,REISES,RESIDE,RESIDS,RISPED,SEDERS,SEISED,SEISER,SERIES,SIDERS,SIREES,SPEEDS,SPEERS,SPEIRS,SPEISE,SPERSE,SPIDER,SPIDES,SPIERS,SPIRED,SPIRES,SPREDS,SPREED,SPREES,

5-letter words (67 found)

DEEPS,DEERS,DERES,DESIS,DESSE,DREES,DRESS,DRIES,DRIPS,EIDER,EPRIS,ERSES,IDEES,PEDES,PEDIS,PEERS,PEISE,PERES,PERIS,PERSE,PIERS,PISES,PREED,PREES,PRESE,PRESS,PRIDE,PRIED,PRIES,PRISE,PRISS,REDES,REDIP,REEDS,RESES,RESID,RIDES,RIPED,RIPES,RISES,RISPS,SEDER,SEDES,SEEDS,SEEPS,SEERS,SEIRS,SEISE,SERED,SERES,SIDER,SIDES,SIPED,SIPES,SIRED,SIREE,SIRES,SPEED,SPEER,SPEIR,SPIDE,SPIED,SPIER,SPIES,SPIRE,SPRED,SPREE,

4-letter words (67 found)

DEEP,DEER,DEES,DEPS,DERE,DESI,DIES,DIPS,DIRE,DISS,DREE,DRIP,EIDE,ERED,ERES,ESES,ESSE,IDEE,IDES,IRED,IRES,PEDI,PEDS,PEED,PEER,PEES,PERE,PERI,PIED,PIER,PIES,PIRS,PISE,PISS,PREE,PSIS,REDE,REDS,REED,REES,REIS,REPS,RIDE,RIDS,RIPE,RIPS,RISE,RISP,SEED,SEEP,SEER,SEES,SEIR,SEIS,SEPS,SERE,SERS,SESE,SIDE,SIES,SIPE,SIPS,SIRE,SIRS,SPED,SPIE,SRIS,

3-letter words (37 found)

DEE,DEI,DEP,DIE,DIP,DIS,EDS,ERE,ERS,ESS,IDE,IDS,IRE,PED,PEE,PER,PES,PIE,PIR,PIS,PRE,PSI,RED,REE,REI,REP,RES,RID,RIP,SED,SEE,SEI,SER,SIP,SIR,SIS,SRI,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,ER,ES,ID,IS,PE,PI,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 243 words from disperse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of disperse

disperse

Etymology

From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈspɜːs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈspɝs/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
  • Hyphenation: dis‧perse
  • Homophone: disburse

Verb

disperse (third-person singular simple present disperses, present participle dispersing, simple past and past participle dispersed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:disperse
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:destroy
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To disseminate.
  4. (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
  5. (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.

Usage notes

  • Do not confuse with the monetary word disburse, despite the two being near homophones and having a degree of semantic similarity (in which disbursed money may be dispersed among expenses). A mnemonic to help make the difference obvious (which uses a cognate of each word) is that dĭs-burs-ing is taking money out of the purse, whereas dĭ-spers-ing causes something to be sparsely scattered.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • dispersal
  • dispersible
  • dispersion

Translations

Adjective

disperse (comparative more disperse, superlative most disperse)

  1. Scattered or spread out.

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Perseids, despiser, perseids, presides

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis.pɛʁs/

Verb

disperse

  1. inflection of disperser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • perdisse, prédises, prédisse, présides

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

disperse

  1. inflection of dispers:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

disperse

  1. feminine plural of disperso

Participle

disperse f pl

  1. feminine plural of disperso

Etymology 2

Noun

disperse f pl

  1. plural of dispersa

Etymology 3

Verb

disperse

  1. third-person singular past historic of disperdere

Anagrams

  • depressi, perdessi, predisse

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /disˈper.se/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈpɛrs̠ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /disˈper.se/, [d̪isˈpɛrse]

Participle

disperse

  1. vocative masculine singular of dispersus

References

  • “disperse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “disperse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • disperse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

disperse

  1. inflection of dispersar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /disˈpeɾse/ [d̪isˈpeɾ.se]
  • Rhymes: -eɾse
  • Syllabification: dis‧per‧se

Verb

disperse

  1. inflection of dispersar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org