DANDER is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DANDER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DANDER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DANDER is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DANDER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dandersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DANDER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DANDER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What stands out about DANDER
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DANDER mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person's temper or anger, especially as it is provoked or roused up, or the tiny flakes of skin shed by an animal's fur or feathers.
The phrase get one's dander up describes someone whose temper has been stirred, as if anger itself were something that could rise like heat or dust, and the expression is common in informal speech on both sides of the Atlantic. In a completely different, more scientific use, dander names the microscopic flakes of skin, hair, or feathers that pets and other animals constantly shed, which is the actual allergen behind most so-called pet allergies rather than the fur itself. Dialect speech in Scotland and northern England also uses dander as a verb meaning to stroll or wander about, a separate sense unrelated to either the anger or the allergy meaning.
How DANDER is used
Common in the informal phrase get one's dander up, and equally common in everyday talk about pet allergies.
- His dander rose the moment she mentioned the missing money.
- The child's constant complaints finally got her dander up.
- Cat dander triggered his allergies within minutes of entering the room.
- Doctors said dander, not fur itself, causes most pet allergies.
- Nothing seemed to raise his dander no matter how hard they tried.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DANDER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DANDER
The 6 tiles of DANDER in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DANDER
3 longer words begin with DANDER.
Shorter words from the letters in DANDER
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Common questions about DANDER
- Is DANDER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DANDER, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DANDER worth?
- DANDER is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DANDER mean?
- A person's temper or anger, especially as it is provoked or roused up, or the tiny flakes of skin shed by an animal's fur or feathers.
- What letters can be added to DANDER?
- DANDER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DANDER:
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