DERN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. DERN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DERN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DERN is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DERN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DERN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DERN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about DERN
- The same 4 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 DERN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicpoetic
Hidden, secret, or kept out of sight.
Something described as dern in older poetry is deliberately concealed or kept from common knowledge, whether a dern path through a wood or a dern sorrow kept from others. The word belongs to an older layer of English that modern writers rarely revive.
How DERN is used
Archaic and literary; met in older poetry rather than in current speech.
- They followed a dern track known only to the shepherds.
- She kept her dern grief hidden behind a calm face.
- A dern doorway led down into the old cellar.
- The ballad speaks of a dern meeting beneath the trees.
- His dern smile suggested a secret he would not share.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DERN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DERN
The 4 tiles of DERN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DERN
9 longer words begin with DERN.
Words ending in DERN
11 words end in DERN. Useful as a back hook: play DERN onto a word already on the board.
Words with DERN inside
Showing 24 of 85 words that contain DERN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DERN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DERN
Common questions about DERN
- Is DERN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DERN is not in it.
- How many points is DERN worth?
- DERN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DERN mean?
- Hidden, secret, or kept out of sight.
- What letters can be added to DERN?
- DERN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DERN:
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