DASSIE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DASSIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DASSIE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DASSIE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DASSIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dassiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DASSIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DASSIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What stands out about DASSIE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 DASSIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
South African
A small, thickset mammal resembling a large guinea pig, also known as the rock hyrax, found across rocky areas of southern Africa.
The dassie lives in colonies among rocky outcrops and cliffs across southern Africa, basking on warm stones and darting into crevices at the first sign of danger. Despite its rodent-like build, the dassie is more closely related to elephants than to rabbits or rodents, a fact that often surprises people meeting the animal for the first time. The name comes from Afrikaans, and dassie is the standard South African English word for the rock hyrax, used far more often locally than the scientific name. Popular tourist sites such as Cape Town's Table Mountain are known for their resident dassie population.
How DASSIE is used
Standard South African English term for the rock hyrax, common in nature writing and everyday speech in the region.
- A dassie basked on a warm rock beside the trail.
- Tourists photographed a dassie sunning itself near the cable car station.
- The guide explained that a dassie is a distant relative of the elephant.
- Several dassie colonies live among the boulders on the mountainside.
- A dassie darted into a crevice as the hikers approached.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DASSIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DASSIE
The 6 tiles of DASSIE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DASSIE
1 longer words begin with DASSIE.
Shorter words from the letters in DASSIE
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Common questions about DASSIE
- Is DASSIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DASSIE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DASSIE worth?
- DASSIE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DASSIE mean?
- A small, thickset mammal resembling a large guinea pig, also known as the rock hyrax, found across rocky areas of southern Africa.
- What letters can be added to DASSIE?
- DASSIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DASSIE:
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