DIRHAM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DIRHAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIRHAM?
| 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 DIRHAM is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIRHAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dirhamsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIRHAM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DIRHAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does DIRHAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
The basic unit of money in Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, and a smaller coin in several other Arab countries.
Travellers to Dubai or Marrakesh pay in dirhams, and the plural is usually the same word with an s. The name goes back to the Greek drachma, which was also a silver coin, and the medieval Islamic dirham spread across a huge trading area. Today a Moroccan dirham is divided into one hundred centimes, while in the Emirates it is divided into one hundred fils.
How DIRHAM is used
Used in finance and travel writing; spelled with an h, though the form dirhem also exists.
- The taxi fare came to twenty dirham.
- He changed his money into dirhams at the airport.
- A glass of fresh orange juice cost only a few dirham in the market.
- The old silver dirham was stamped with verses and a ruler's name.
- Prices in the shop were listed in dirhams.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIRHAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIRHAM
1 longer words begin with DIRHAM.
Shorter words from the letters in DIRHAM
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Common questions about DIRHAM
- Is DIRHAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIRHAM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIRHAM worth?
- DIRHAM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIRHAM mean?
- The basic unit of money in Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, and a smaller coin in several other Arab countries.
- What letters can be added to DIRHAM?
- DIRHAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DIRHAM:
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