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Is dissect a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dissect is a Scrabble US word. The word dissect is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

D2I1S1S1E1C3T1

Is dissect a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dissect is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

D2I1S1S1E1C3T1

Is dissect a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dissect is a Words With Friends word. The word dissect is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1S1S1E1C4T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

DISSECT,

6-letter words (6 found)

CISTED,CITESS,DEISTS,DESIST,EDICTS,SISTED,

5-letter words (27 found)

CEDIS,CESTI,CIDES,CISTS,CITED,CITES,DEIST,DESIS,DICES,DICTS,DIETS,DISCS,DITES,EDICT,EDITS,ETICS,SECTS,SICES,SIDES,SITED,SITES,STEDS,STIED,STIES,TICED,TICES,TIDES,

4-letter words (43 found)

CEDI,CESS,CIDE,CIDS,CIST,CITE,CITS,DESI,DICE,DICT,DIES,DIET,DISC,DISS,DITE,DITS,EDIT,ESTS,ETIC,ICED,ICES,IDES,SECS,SECT,SEIS,SETS,SICE,SICS,SIDE,SIES,SIST,SITE,SITS,STED,STIE,TECS,TEDS,TICE,TICS,TIDE,TIDS,TIED,TIES,

3-letter words (28 found)

CID,CIS,CIT,DEI,DIE,DIS,DIT,EDS,ESS,EST,ICE,IDE,IDS,ITS,SEC,SED,SEI,SET,SIC,SIS,SIT,TEC,TED,TES,TIC,TID,TIE,TIS,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DI,ED,ES,ET,ID,IS,IT,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 118 words from dissect according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dissect

dissect

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛkt/, /daɪˈsɛkt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛkt/, /daɪˈsɛkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

dissect (third-person singular simple present dissects, present participle dissecting, simple past and past participle dissected)

  1. (transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
  2. (transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
  3. (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
  4. (transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
    Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.
  5. (transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

Derived terms

  • dissecting microscope

Related terms

  • dissection

Translations

Further reading

  • “dissect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “dissect”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “dissect”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • cestids

Source: wiktionary.org