DHOL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. DHOL 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 8 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DHOL?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DHOL is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DHOL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DHOL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DHOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,317.
What does DHOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A large double-headed drum of South Asia.
A dhol is slung from the shoulder and struck with two different sticks, one heavy and one thin, so a single player produces two distinct sounds. It is unrelated to dhal despite the near-identical spelling.
How DHOL is used
Countable: a dhol, two dhols.
- A dhol is played with two sticks of different weight.
- The word dhol names a drum and not a dish.
- Two dhols can carry a whole procession.
- One dhol player makes two distinct sounds.
- Dhol and dhal differ by a letter and share nothing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DHOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DHOL
The 4 tiles of DHOL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DHOL
7 longer words begin with DHOL.
Words with DHOL inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain DHOL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DHOL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DHOL
Common questions about DHOL
- Is DHOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DHOL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DHOL worth?
- DHOL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DHOL mean?
- A large double-headed drum of South Asia.
- What letters can be added to DHOL?
- DHOL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DHOL:
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