DAUT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DAUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAUT?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAUT is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dautsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAUT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DAUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does DAUT mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To pet, fondle, or treat with affectionate indulgence, especially a child.
To daut someone, also spelled dawt, means to pamper them with open affection, and a dauted bairn is a Scots way of describing a spoiled, much-petted child. The word covers gentle physical affection as well as the wider idea of favoring one person above others.
How DAUT is used
Found chiefly in Scots speech and literature describing affectionate pampering.
- She would daut the youngest child more than the others.
- The old woman loved to daut her grandchildren on visits.
- Villagers say the shepherd would daut his favourite lamb.
- Her mother used to daut her with sweets after school.
- He was known to daut every stray cat in the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DAUT
5 longer words begin with DAUT.
Shorter words from the letters in DAUT
Common questions about DAUT
- Is DAUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAUT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAUT worth?
- DAUT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAUT mean?
- To pet, fondle, or treat with affectionate indulgence, especially a child.
- What letters can be added to DAUT?
- DAUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DAUT:
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