DEHORS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DEHORS 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 DEHORS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEHORS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEHORS
No single letter turns DEHORS into another word.
How DEHORS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEHORS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What stands out about DEHORS
- The letters of DEHORS run in alphabetical order from first to last.
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 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 DEHORS mean in Scrabble?
preposition
legal
Outside the scope of, or foreign to, an agreement or record.
Dehors is a borrowed French word meaning outside, and English lawyers keep it for evidence or terms that fall beyond the written document under discussion. A court might refuse to read a promise that lies dehors the contract. Outside courtrooms it is almost never heard.
How DEHORS is used
Legal and formal; rare in ordinary speech.
- The judge ruled that the promise lay dehors the deed.
- Evidence dehors the record was not admitted.
- Any claim dehors the written agreement was dismissed.
- The lawyer argued that the matter stood dehors the statute.
- Terms dehors the will cannot change who inherits.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEHORS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEHORS
The 6 tiles of DEHORS in a different order — 5 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DEHORS
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Common questions about DEHORS
- Is DEHORS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEHORS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEHORS worth?
- DEHORS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEHORS mean?
- Outside the scope of, or foreign to, an agreement or record.
- What letters can be added to DEHORS?
- No single letter can be added to DEHORS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEHORS:
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