DOETH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DOETH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOETH?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOETH is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOETH
No single letter turns DOETH into another word.
How DOETH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DOETH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What does DOETH mean in Scrabble?
other
archaic
The old third person singular present form of do, equivalent to modern does.
Doeth appears in older English, especially in the King James Bible and other early translations, where it marked the he, she, or it form of the verb do, as in he that doeth the will of my Father. The more common spelling in the same period was doth, and the two forms were used somewhat interchangeably by different writers and printers. Modern English replaced both with the single form does for every subject.
How DOETH is used
Archaic; met almost exclusively in scripture, older literature, and deliberately old-fashioned writing.
- The verse reads, he that doeth these things shall never fall.
- The old translation uses doeth where a modern Bible would print does.
- She quoted the line about whosoever doeth good being rewarded.
- The preacher read doeth aloud in the old-fashioned cadence of the text.
- Scholars compare how different editions render doeth against doth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOETH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DOETH
Common questions about DOETH
- Is DOETH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOETH, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOETH worth?
- DOETH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOETH mean?
- The old third person singular present form of do, equivalent to modern does.
- What letters can be added to DOETH?
- No single letter can be added to DOETH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DOETH:
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