DIRNDL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DIRNDL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIRNDL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIRNDL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIRNDL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dirndlsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIRNDL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DIRNDL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What stands out about DIRNDL
- DIRNDL gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DIRNDL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dress or skirt with a close-fitting bodice and a full, gathered skirt, based on traditional Alpine peasant costume.
A dirndl copies the everyday working dress once worn by peasant women in Austria, Bavaria, and neighbouring Alpine regions, with a snug top, a wide apron, and a skirt that gathers fully at the waist. Today the dirndl survives mainly as festival and folk-costume clothing, worn at events such as Oktoberfest and other traditional gatherings across German-speaking Europe. The same name is sometimes used just for the gathered skirt on its own, without the bodice.
How DIRNDL is used
Used mainly for traditional or festival clothing rather than everyday modern dress.
- She wore a green dirndl with a white apron to the harvest festival.
- The shop sold dirndl skirts alongside lederhosen for the Oktoberfest crowd.
- His grandmother kept her old dirndl folded in a chest in the attic.
- Tourists lined up to be photographed in a rented dirndl.
- The dance troupe performed traditional steps in matching dirndl costumes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIRNDL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIRNDL
1 longer words begin with DIRNDL.
Shorter words from the letters in DIRNDL
Common questions about DIRNDL
- Is DIRNDL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIRNDL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIRNDL worth?
- DIRNDL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIRNDL mean?
- A dress or skirt with a close-fitting bodice and a full, gathered skirt, based on traditional Alpine peasant costume.
- What letters can be added to DIRNDL?
- DIRNDL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DIRNDL:
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