DHOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DHOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DHOLE?
| 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 DHOLE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DHOLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dholesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DHOLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DHOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,508.
What does DHOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A wild dog native to South and Southeast Asia, known for hunting in large, highly social packs.
The dhole has a reddish coat, bushy tail, and rounded ears, and it ranges across forests and grasslands from India through China to Southeast Asia. Dholes hunt cooperatively in packs that can take down prey much larger than a single animal, including deer and wild boar. The species is classified as endangered, with habitat loss and disease reducing its numbers across much of its former range.
How DHOLE is used
Standard zoological name; wildlife writing often uses the Asiatic wild dog or red dog for the same animal.
- A pack of dhole chased the deer through the forest clearing.
- Conservationists tracked the dhole population using camera traps.
- The documentary showed a dhole pack cooperating to bring down a sambar deer.
- Few predators challenge a determined pack of dhole.
- The reserve was established partly to protect the region's dwindling dhole numbers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DHOLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DHOLE
The 5 tiles of DHOLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DHOLE
1 longer words begin with DHOLE.
Words ending in DHOLE
3 words end in DHOLE. Useful as a back hook: play DHOLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with DHOLE inside
3 words contain DHOLE in the middle. Words that start with DHOLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DHOLE
Common questions about DHOLE
- Is DHOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DHOLE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DHOLE worth?
- DHOLE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DHOLE mean?
- A wild dog native to South and Southeast Asia, known for hunting in large, highly social packs.
- What letters can be added to DHOLE?
- DHOLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DHOLE:
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