Updated June 2026
Spread out or dispersed over an area or among a number of recipients. Describes something that has been allocated, shared, or delivered to various locations or people.
“The company's servers are distributed across multiple data centres for redundancy.”
/dɪsˈtrɪbjutɪd/
dis·trib·ut·ed
Contains three I's and two T's. The pattern DISTRI starts the word with -BUTED ending.
Worth 14 points base value. The B (3 points) and D (2 points) offer moderate scoring potential.
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