Definition of dialect

"dialect" in the noun sense

1. dialect, idiom, accent

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

"the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"

"he has a strong German accent"

"it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

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Quotations for dialect

Do you never think what wondrous beings these?
Do you never think who made them, and who taught
The dialect they speak, where melodies
Alone are the interpreters of thought?
Whose household words are songs in many keys,
Sweeter than instrument of man ever caught! [ Longfellow ]

The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage, that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over. [ Emerson ]

dialect in Scrabble®

The word dialect is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters dialect:

DELTAIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
DIALECT
(90 = 40 + 50)
CITADEL
(90 = 40 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

citadel, deltaic, dialect

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word dialect

DIALECT
(90 = 40 + 50)
DIALECT
(89 = 39 + 50)
DIALECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(82 = 32 + 50)
DIALECT
(80 = 30 + 50)
DIALECT
(76 = 26 + 50)
DIALECT
(76 = 26 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(70 = 20 + 50)
DIALECT
(70 = 20 + 50)
DIALECT
(70 = 20 + 50)
DIALECT
(70 = 20 + 50)
DIALECT
(70 = 20 + 50)
DIALECT
(68 = 18 + 50)
DIALECT
(66 = 16 + 50)
DIALECT
(64 = 14 + 50)
DIALECT
(64 = 14 + 50)
DIALECT
(64 = 14 + 50)
DIALECT
(64 = 14 + 50)
DIALECT
(64 = 14 + 50)
DIALECT
(63 = 13 + 50)
DIALECT
(62 = 12 + 50)
DIALECT
(62 = 12 + 50)
DIALECT
(62 = 12 + 50)
DIALECT
(62 = 12 + 50)
DIALECT
(61 = 11 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In dialect

DELTAIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
DIALECT
(90 = 40 + 50)
CITADEL
(90 = 40 + 50)
CITADEL
(89 = 39 + 50)
DELTAIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
DIALECT
(89 = 39 + 50)
CITADEL
(86 = 36 + 50)
DELTAIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
DIALECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
DELTAIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
CITADEL
(83 = 33 + 50)
CITADEL
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
CITADEL
(83 = 33 + 50)
DELTAIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
CITADEL
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
CITADEL
(83 = 33 + 50)
DELTAIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
DELTAIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
DELTAIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
CITADEL
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(83 = 33 + 50)
DELTAIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
DIALECT
(82 = 32 + 50)
CITADEL
(80 = 30 + 50)
DIALECT
(80 = 30 + 50)
DELTAIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
DELTAIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
CITADEL
(78 = 28 + 50)
CITADEL
(78 = 28 + 50)
DELTAIC
(76 = 26 + 50)
CITADEL
(76 = 26 + 50)
DELTAIC
(76 = 26 + 50)
CITADEL
(76 = 26 + 50)
CITADEL
(76 = 26 + 50)
DELTAIC
(76 = 26 + 50)
DIALECT
(76 = 26 + 50)
DIALECT
(76 = 26 + 50)
CITADEL
(74 = 24 + 50)
CITADEL
(74 = 24 + 50)
DELTAIC
(74 = 24 + 50)
CITADEL
(74 = 24 + 50)
DELTAIC
(74 = 24 + 50)
CITADEL
(74 = 24 + 50)
DELTAIC
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DELTAIC
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DELTAIC
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DIALECT
(74 = 24 + 50)
DELTAIC
(74 = 24 + 50)
DELTAIC
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(72 = 22 + 50)
CITADEL
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(72 = 22 + 50)
DELTAIC
(72 = 22 + 50)
DELTAIC
(72 = 22 + 50)
CITADEL
(72 = 22 + 50)
CITADEL
(72 = 22 + 50)
CITADEL
(72 = 22 + 50)
DELTAIC
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(72 = 22 + 50)
CITADEL
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(72 = 22 + 50)
DIALECT
(70 = 20 + 50)
DELTAIC
(70 = 20 + 50)
DELTAIC
(70 = 20 + 50)
DELTAIC
(70 = 20 + 50)
DELTAIC
(70 = 20 + 50)
CITADEL
(70 = 20 + 50)
DELTAIC
(70 = 20 + 50)
DIALECT
(70 = 20 + 50)
CITADEL
(70 = 20 + 50)
DIALECT
(70 = 20 + 50)
CITADEL
(70 = 20 + 50)
CITADEL
(70 = 20 + 50)
CITADEL
(70 = 20 + 50)
DIALECT
(70 = 20 + 50)
DIALECT
(70 = 20 + 50)
CITADEL
(70 = 20 + 50)
DELTAIC
(68 = 18 + 50)
DIALECT
(68 = 18 + 50)
DIALECT
(66 = 16 + 50)
CITADEL
(66 = 16 + 50)
DELTAIC
(66 = 16 + 50)
DELTAIC
(66 = 16 + 50)
DELTAIC
(66 = 16 + 50)
CITADEL
(65 = 15 + 50)
CITADEL
(65 = 15 + 50)
DIALECT
(64 = 14 + 50)
DIALECT
(64 = 14 + 50)
DELTAIC
(64 = 14 + 50)
CITADEL
(64 = 14 + 50)
DELTAIC
(64 = 14 + 50)
DIALECT
(64 = 14 + 50)
DIALECT
(64 = 14 + 50)
CITADEL
(64 = 14 + 50)
DIALECT
(64 = 14 + 50)
DIALECT
(63 = 13 + 50)
DELTAIC
(63 = 13 + 50)
CITADEL
(63 = 13 + 50)
CITADEL
(62 = 12 + 50)
DELTAIC
(62 = 12 + 50)
CITADEL
(62 = 12 + 50)
DIALECT
(62 = 12 + 50)
DELTAIC
(62 = 12 + 50)
DELTAIC
(62 = 12 + 50)
DIALECT
(62 = 12 + 50)
DIALECT
(62 = 12 + 50)
DELTAIC
(62 = 12 + 50)
DIALECT
(62 = 12 + 50)
CITADEL
(62 = 12 + 50)
DELTAIC
(62 = 12 + 50)
CITADEL
(62 = 12 + 50)
CITADEL
(62 = 12 + 50)
DIALECT
(61 = 11 + 50)
DELTAIC
(61 = 11 + 50)
CITADEL
(61 = 11 + 50)
DACITE
(36)
DELICT
(36)
DELTIC
(36)
DELICT
(33)
CADET
(33)
CLADE
(33)
CITED
(33)
DACITE
(33)
DELTIC
(33)
EDICT
(33)
ACTED
(33)
CLEAT
(30)
CLAD
(30)
CITED
(30)
DELICT
(30)
DELICT
(30)
DELICT
(30)
ILEAC
(30)
DELICT
(30)
DELICT
(30)
DELTIC
(30)
EDICT
(30)
DECAL
(30)
CEDI
(30)
DELTIC
(30)
DELTIC
(30)
DELTIC
(30)
CLADE
(30)
DELTIC
(30)
DACITE
(30)
ACTED
(30)
DACITE
(30)
DACITE
(30)
LACED
(30)
DACITE
(30)
CITED
(28)
CADET
(28)
CLADE
(28)
DACITE
(27)
DACITE
(27)
DICE
(27)
CLADE
(27)
CLADE
(27)
CLAD
(27)
LACED
(27)
CITED
(27)
CADET
(27)
LACED
(27)
CITED
(27)
CITE
(27)
CADET
(27)
CADET
(27)
LACED
(27)
DECAL
(27)
TAILED
(27)
EDICT
(27)
ICED
(27)
ACED
(27)
CELT
(27)
DELICT
(27)
ACID
(27)
DELICT
(27)
TALC
(27)
DECAL
(27)
DECAL
(27)
DETAIL
(27)
DILATE
(27)
EDICT
(27)
DELTIC
(27)
ACTED
(27)
DELTIC
(27)
ACTED
(27)
DELTIC
(26)
DELICT
(26)

dialect in Words With Friends™

The word dialect is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters dialect:

DIALECT
(107 = 72 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

citadel, deltaic, dialect

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word dialect

DIALECT
(107 = 72 + 35)
DIALECT
(95 = 60 + 35)
DIALECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
DIALECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(77 = 42 + 35)
DIALECT
(77 = 42 + 35)
DIALECT
(75 = 40 + 35)
DIALECT
(67 = 32 + 35)
DIALECT
(67 = 32 + 35)
DIALECT
(63 = 28 + 35)
DIALECT
(63 = 28 + 35)
DIALECT
(63 = 28 + 35)
DIALECT
(63 = 28 + 35)
DIALECT
(63 = 28 + 35)
DIALECT
(61 = 26 + 35)
DIALECT
(61 = 26 + 35)
DIALECT
(61 = 26 + 35)
DIALECT
(61 = 26 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(57 = 22 + 35)
DIALECT
(53 = 18 + 35)
DIALECT
(53 = 18 + 35)
DIALECT
(52 = 17 + 35)
DIALECT
(52 = 17 + 35)
DIALECT
(52 = 17 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(50 = 15 + 35)
DIALECT
(50 = 15 + 35)
DIALECT
(50 = 15 + 35)
DIALECT
(50 = 15 + 35)
DIALECT
(50 = 15 + 35)
DIALECT
(49 = 14 + 35)
DIALECT
(49 = 14 + 35)
DIALECT
(49 = 14 + 35)
DIALECT
(49 = 14 + 35)
DIALECT
(48 = 13 + 35)
DIALECT
(48 = 13 + 35)
DIALECT
(48 = 13 + 35)
DIALECT
(47 = 12 + 35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In dialect

DIALECT
(107 = 72 + 35)
DELTAIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
CITADEL
(101 = 66 + 35)
CITADEL
(95 = 60 + 35)
CITADEL
(95 = 60 + 35)
DELTAIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
DELTAIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
DIALECT
(95 = 60 + 35)
DIALECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
DIALECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
CITADEL
(83 = 48 + 35)
DELTAIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
CITADEL
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
CITADEL
(83 = 48 + 35)
CITADEL
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DELTAIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DELTAIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
DELTAIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
DELTAIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CITADEL
(83 = 48 + 35)
CITADEL
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DIALECT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DELTAIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CITADEL
(77 = 42 + 35)
DELTAIC
(77 = 42 + 35)
DIALECT
(77 = 42 + 35)
DELTAIC
(77 = 42 + 35)
DELTAIC
(77 = 42 + 35)
DELTAIC
(77 = 42 + 35)
DIALECT
(77 = 42 + 35)
CITADEL
(77 = 42 + 35)
CITADEL
(77 = 42 + 35)
CITADEL
(77 = 42 + 35)
CITADEL
(75 = 40 + 35)
DELTAIC
(75 = 40 + 35)
DIALECT
(75 = 40 + 35)
DELTAIC
(67 = 32 + 35)
DELTAIC
(67 = 32 + 35)
DIALECT
(67 = 32 + 35)
DELTAIC
(67 = 32 + 35)
DIALECT
(67 = 32 + 35)
CITADEL
(67 = 32 + 35)
CITADEL
(67 = 32 + 35)
CITADEL
(67 = 32 + 35)
DACITE
(66)
DELTAIC
(63 = 28 + 35)
DELTAIC
(63 = 28 + 35)
CITADEL
(63 = 28 + 35)
DIALECT
(63 = 28 + 35)
DELTAIC
(63 = 28 + 35)
CITADEL
(63 = 28 + 35)
DIALECT
(63 = 28 + 35)
DIALECT
(63 = 28 + 35)
DELTIC
(63)
DELTAIC
(63 = 28 + 35)
DIALECT
(63 = 28 + 35)
DELTAIC
(63 = 28 + 35)
DIALECT
(63 = 28 + 35)
CITADEL
(63 = 28 + 35)
CITADEL
(63 = 28 + 35)
CITADEL
(63 = 28 + 35)
CITADEL
(61 = 26 + 35)
CITADEL
(61 = 26 + 35)
DELTAIC
(61 = 26 + 35)
DELTAIC
(61 = 26 + 35)
CITADEL
(61 = 26 + 35)
DELTAIC
(61 = 26 + 35)
DIALECT
(61 = 26 + 35)
DIALECT
(61 = 26 + 35)
DIALECT
(61 = 26 + 35)
DIALECT
(61 = 26 + 35)
CITADEL
(59 = 24 + 35)
CITADEL
(59 = 24 + 35)
DELTAIC
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DELTAIC
(59 = 24 + 35)
CITADEL
(59 = 24 + 35)
DELTAIC
(59 = 24 + 35)
DELTAIC
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DELTAIC
(59 = 24 + 35)
CITADEL
(59 = 24 + 35)
DELTAIC
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
CITADEL
(59 = 24 + 35)
CITADEL
(59 = 24 + 35)
DELTAIC
(59 = 24 + 35)
CITADEL
(59 = 24 + 35)
DIALECT
(59 = 24 + 35)
CITADEL
(59 = 24 + 35)
DELTAIC
(59 = 24 + 35)
DELICT
(57)
DELICT
(57)
CITADEL
(57 = 22 + 35)
DELTIC
(57)
DELTAIC
(57 = 22 + 35)
DELTIC
(57)
DIALECT
(57 = 22 + 35)
CITADEL
(55 = 20 + 35)
DELTAIC
(55 = 20 + 35)
DACITE
(54)
DELTAIC
(54 = 19 + 35)
CITADEL
(54 = 19 + 35)
CLADE
(54)
DELTAIC
(53 = 18 + 35)
DELTAIC
(53 = 18 + 35)
DELTAIC
(53 = 18 + 35)
CITADEL
(53 = 18 + 35)
CITADEL
(53 = 18 + 35)
DIALECT
(53 = 18 + 35)
DELTAIC
(53 = 18 + 35)
CITADEL
(53 = 18 + 35)
CITADEL
(53 = 18 + 35)
DIALECT
(53 = 18 + 35)
CITADEL
(52 = 17 + 35)
DIALECT
(52 = 17 + 35)
DIALECT
(52 = 17 + 35)
CITADEL
(52 = 17 + 35)
DIALECT
(52 = 17 + 35)
DELTAIC
(52 = 17 + 35)
DELTAIC
(52 = 17 + 35)
CITED
(51)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
ILEAC
(51)
EDICT
(51)
CLEAT
(51)
DELTAIC
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
CADET
(51)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
CLAD
(51)
ACTED
(51)
CITADEL
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DIALECT
(51 = 16 + 35)
DELTAIC
(50 = 15 + 35)
DIALECT
(50 = 15 + 35)
DELTAIC
(50 = 15 + 35)
DIALECT
(50 = 15 + 35)
DELTAIC
(50 = 15 + 35)
CITADEL
(50 = 15 + 35)
DIALECT
(50 = 15 + 35)
DIALECT
(50 = 15 + 35)
CITADEL
(50 = 15 + 35)
DIALECT
(50 = 15 + 35)
CITADEL
(50 = 15 + 35)
DELTAIC
(50 = 15 + 35)
CITADEL
(50 = 15 + 35)
DELTAIC
(49 = 14 + 35)
CITADEL
(49 = 14 + 35)
DELTAIC
(49 = 14 + 35)
CITADEL
(49 = 14 + 35)
DIALECT
(49 = 14 + 35)
DELTAIC
(49 = 14 + 35)
CITADEL
(49 = 14 + 35)
DIALECT
(49 = 14 + 35)
DELTAIC
(49 = 14 + 35)
DELTAIC
(49 = 14 + 35)
CITADEL
(49 = 14 + 35)
CITADEL
(49 = 14 + 35)
CITADEL
(49 = 14 + 35)
DELTAIC
(49 = 14 + 35)
DIALECT
(49 = 14 + 35)
DIALECT
(49 = 14 + 35)
CELT
(48)
TALC
(48)
CITADEL
(48 = 13 + 35)
CITADEL
(48 = 13 + 35)
CITADEL
(48 = 13 + 35)
DIALECT
(48 = 13 + 35)
DILATE
(48)
DELTAIC
(48 = 13 + 35)
DIALECT
(48 = 13 + 35)
DELTAIC
(48 = 13 + 35)
DELTAIC
(48 = 13 + 35)
DIALECT
(48 = 13 + 35)
DELTAIC
(48 = 13 + 35)
TAILED
(48)
CEDI
(48)
CITADEL
(48 = 13 + 35)
DELTAIC
(47 = 12 + 35)
DIALECT
(47 = 12 + 35)
CITADEL
(47 = 12 + 35)
DELICT
(45)
DELICT
(45)
DELTIC
(45)
DELTIC
(45)
DELICT
(45)
CITE
(45)

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