DOG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DOG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOG?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOG is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DOG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does DOG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A domesticated animal kept as a pet or a worker.
Dog appeared in English out of nowhere and pushed out hound, which had been the ordinary term: no neighbouring language has anything like it, and its origin is still unknown. Hound survives, but only for hunting breeds.
How DOG is used
Countable: a dog, two dogs.
- The dog barks at the postman and at nobody else.
- A dog will learn a routine faster than the household will.
- The word dog has no known origin at all.
- Two dogs in a small flat is a decision, not an accident.
- Dogs replaced hounds in ordinary speech centuries ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOG
The 3 tiles of DOG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DOG
Showing 24 of 192 words that begin with DOG.
Words ending in DOG
Showing 24 of 27 words that end in DOG. Useful as a back hook: play DOG onto a word already on the board.
Words with DOG inside
Showing 24 of 116 words that contain DOG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DOG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOG
Common questions about DOG
- Is DOG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOG, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOG worth?
- DOG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOG mean?
- A domesticated animal kept as a pet or a worker.
- What letters can be added to DOG?
- DOG takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DOG:
Open DOG in the Word Finder