DISHCLOUT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DISHCLOUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISHCLOUT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISHCLOUT is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISHCLOUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dishcloutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISHCLOUT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DISHCLOUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISHCLOUT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DISHCLOUT
- All 9 letters of DISHCLOUT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DISHCLOUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectarchaic
A cloth for washing or wiping dishes.
Dishclout is an old and regional form of the more familiar dishcloth. It survives mainly in older books and dialect speech, where it is often a damp, worn rag kept by the sink.
How DISHCLOUT is used
Old-fashioned or dialect; modern speakers usually say dishcloth.
- She wrung out the dishclout and hung it over the tap.
- An old dishclout lay beside the basin.
- The cook scrubbed the pot with a grey dishclout.
- Grandmother always called it a dishclout, never a dishcloth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISHCLOUT and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISHCLOUT
1 longer words begin with DISHCLOUT.
Shorter words from the letters in DISHCLOUT
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Common questions about DISHCLOUT
- Is DISHCLOUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISHCLOUT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISHCLOUT worth?
- DISHCLOUT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISHCLOUT mean?
- A cloth for washing or wiping dishes.
- What letters can be added to DISHCLOUT?
- DISHCLOUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DISHCLOUT:
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