DAUBRY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DAUBRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAUBRY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAUBRY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAUBRY
No single letter turns DAUBRY into another word.
How DAUBRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DAUBRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does DAUBRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Crude or clumsy painting, or a showy pretence that tries to hide something poor underneath.
The word is an old by-form of daubery and sits close to the verb to daub, meaning to smear on paint or plaster carelessly. Writers once used daubry both for bad art and for deceit dressed up in fine colours. It is rare today and appears mostly in older texts and in word lists. A modern writer would usually say daubing or sham instead.
How DAUBRY is used
Archaic and rare; met in older writing and in word games.
- He dismissed the gallery wall as mere daubry.
- There was more daubry than art in the sign over the shop.
- The sermon attacked the daubry of those who hid greed behind fine words.
- Critics called the mural daubry and wanted it painted over.
- Such daubry would not fool an honest buyer for long.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAUBRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DAUBRY
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Common questions about DAUBRY
- Is DAUBRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAUBRY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAUBRY worth?
- DAUBRY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAUBRY mean?
- Crude or clumsy painting, or a showy pretence that tries to hide something poor underneath.
- What letters can be added to DAUBRY?
- No single letter can be added to DAUBRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DAUBRY:
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