DANK is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DANK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DANK?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DANK is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DANK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
danksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DANK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DANK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does DANK mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Unpleasantly damp and cold.
Dank is Scandinavian and has been in English since the fourteenth century with almost no change at all. The internet sense meaning excellent is from the 2010s and reverses the word entirely.
How DANK is used
Before and after the noun. Comparative danker.
- A dank cellar that no amount of heating helps.
- The word dank has barely changed since the 1300s.
- The internet sense of dank reverses the meaning.
- Danker in November than in any other month.
- Two dank rooms and one of them a kitchen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DANK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DANK
7 longer words begin with DANK.
Words with DANK inside
1 words contain DANK in the middle. Words that start with DANK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DANK
Common questions about DANK
- Is DANK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DANK, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DANK worth?
- DANK is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DANK mean?
- Unpleasantly damp and cold.
- What letters can be added to DANK?
- DANK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DANK:
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