DAHABIYA is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DAHABIYA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAHABIYA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAHABIYA is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAHABIYA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAHABIYA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DAHABIYA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DAHABIYA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DAHABIYA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large sailing boat of the River Nile, fitted with lateen sails and used as a houseboat or for carrying passengers.
A dahabiya is slower and quieter than a motor cruiser, which is why it appeals to travellers who want an unhurried trip upriver. The word comes from Arabic, and the spellings vary widely in English.
How DAHABIYA is used
Found in travel writing and history about Egypt and Nile journeys.
- They spent a week drifting upriver on a dahabiya.
- The dahabiya caught the evening breeze with its tall triangular sails.
- Nineteenth-century tourists often hired a dahabiya for the whole winter.
- Our dahabiya moored beside a small village for the night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAHABIYA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DAHABIYA
3 longer words begin with DAHABIYA.
Shorter words from the letters in DAHABIYA
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Common questions about DAHABIYA
- Is DAHABIYA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAHABIYA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAHABIYA worth?
- DAHABIYA is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAHABIYA mean?
- A large sailing boat of the River Nile, fitted with lateen sails and used as a houseboat or for carrying passengers.
- What letters can be added to DAHABIYA?
- DAHABIYA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DAHABIYA:
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