DEARTH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DEARTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEARTH?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEARTH is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEARTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dearthsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEARTH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEARTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about DEARTH
- 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 DEARTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A serious shortage of something that is needed.
Dearth is built on dear in its older sense of costly, so a dearth was first a time when food was scarce and expensive. Today it is used for any lack, from ideas to volunteers to affordable homes. It almost always appears in the pattern a dearth of something.
How DEARTH is used
Fairly formal; nearly always followed by of.
- There is a dearth of nurses in the region.
- A dearth of rain ruined the harvest.
- The film suffers from a dearth of ideas.
- Critics lamented the dearth of new talent.
- The town has a dearth of cheap housing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEARTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEARTH
The 6 tiles of DEARTH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEARTH
1 longer words begin with DEARTH.
Shorter words from the letters in DEARTH
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Common questions about DEARTH
- Is DEARTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEARTH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEARTH worth?
- DEARTH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEARTH mean?
- A serious shortage of something that is needed.
- What letters can be added to DEARTH?
- DEARTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEARTH:
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