disempower
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 10
/dɪsɪmˈpaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)/
(UK)
Definition of disempower
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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To strip power from (someone or some group), as:
“A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia.”
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verb
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To strip power from (someone or some group), as:
“A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia.”
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To strip power from (someone or some group), as:
“The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From dis- + empower.
Words you can make from disempower
200+ playable · top: IMPOWERED (17 pts)
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1 word8-letter words
15 words7-letter words
43 words- EMPOWER 14 pts
- IMPOWER 14 pts
- DEWORMS 13 pts
- MISDREW 13 pts
- MISWORD 13 pts
- POWDERS 13 pts
- POWERED 13 pts
- DEMIREP 12 pts
- DEPERMS 12 pts
- EPIDERM 12 pts
- IMPEDER 12 pts
- IMPEDES 12 pts
- IMPOSED 12 pts
- PREMEDS 12 pts
- DOWRIES 11 pts
- EMPIRES 11 pts
- EMPRISE 11 pts
- EPIMERS 11 pts
- EPISOME 11 pts
- IMPOSER 11 pts
- IMPRESE 11 pts
- PREMIES 11 pts
- PREMISE 11 pts
- PROMISE 11 pts
- RESOWED 11 pts
- ROWDIES 11 pts
- SEMIPRO 11 pts
- SPIREME 11 pts
- WEIRDOS 11 pts
- WORDIES 11 pts
- DEPOSER 10 pts
- EMERODS 10 pts
- EMEROID 10 pts
- EPISODE 10 pts
- MISDOER 10 pts
- PERIODS 10 pts
- PRESIDE 10 pts
- REMISED 10 pts
- REPOSED 10 pts
- SPEIRED 10 pts
- SPIERED 10 pts
- OREIDES 8 pts
- OSIERED 8 pts
6-letter words
84 words- WIMPED 14 pts
- DEWORM 12 pts
- MEOWED 12 pts
- POWDER 12 pts
- SPEWED 12 pts
- SWIPED 12 pts
- WISDOM 12 pts
- WISPED 12 pts
- WORMED 12 pts
- DEPERM 11 pts
- IMPEDE 11 pts
- MOPEDS 11 pts
- MOWERS 11 pts
- PERMED 11 pts
- POWERS 11 pts
- PREMED 11 pts
- PRIMED 11 pts
- ROMPED 11 pts
- SPEWER 11 pts
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- WIPERS 11 pts
- DEWIER 10 pts
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- DROWSE 10 pts
- EMPIRE 10 pts
- EPIMER 10 pts
- IMPOSE 10 pts
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- MOPERS 10 pts
- MOPIER 10 pts
- PORISM 10 pts
- PREMIE 10 pts
- PRIMES 10 pts
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- PROEMS 10 pts
- REWEDS 10 pts
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- DEPOSE 9 pts
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- DORMIE 9 pts
- EMEROD 9 pts
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- PRISED 9 pts
- PROSED 9 pts
- REDIPS 9 pts
- SPEEDO 9 pts
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- SPIRED 9 pts
- SPORED 9 pts
- ESPOIR 8 pts
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- MOIRES 8 pts
- POISER 8 pts
- POSIER 8 pts
- REMISE 8 pts
- REPOSE 8 pts
- RIMOSE 8 pts
- DESIRE 7 pts
- DORIES 7 pts
- EIDERS 7 pts
- ERODES 7 pts
- OREIDE 7 pts
- REDOES 7 pts
- RESIDE 7 pts
- SOIREE 6 pts
5-letter words
56 words- MEWED 11 pts
- MOWED 11 pts
- IMPED 10 pts
- MEOWS 10 pts
- MOPED 10 pts
- MOWER 10 pts
- DOWER 9 pts
- DOWIE 9 pts
- DOWSE 9 pts
- IMPRO 9 pts
- MOPER 9 pts
- MOPES 9 pts
- DEEMS 8 pts
- DEEPS 8 pts
- DEISM 8 pts
- DEMES 8 pts
- DEMOI 8 pts
- DEMOS 8 pts
- DERMS 8 pts
- DIMER 8 pts
- DIMES 8 pts
- DIPSO 8 pts
- DISME 8 pts
- DOMES 8 pts
- DOPER 8 pts
- DOPES 8 pts
- DORMS 8 pts
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- DRIPS 8 pts
- DROPS 8 pts
- EPODE 8 pts
- EWERS 8 pts
- MEEDS 8 pts
- MERDE 8 pts
- MIRED 8 pts
- MISDO 8 pts
- MODES 8 pts
- EMIRS 7 pts
- MERES 7 pts
- MIRES 7 pts
- MISER 7 pts
- MOIRE 7 pts
- MORES 7 pts
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- OMERS 7 pts
- DEERS 6 pts
- DOERS 6 pts
- DORES 6 pts
- DOSER 6 pts
- DREES 6 pts
- DRIES 6 pts
- EIDER 6 pts
- EIDOS 6 pts
- ERODE 6 pts
- EROSE 5 pts
- OSIER 5 pts
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