DOHYO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. DOHYO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DOHYO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOHYO is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOHYO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dohyosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOHYO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DOHYO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 168,053.
What does DOHYO mean in Scrabble?
noun
The raised ring in which a sumo wrestling match takes place.
A dohyo is built from clay and covered with sand, with a circle marked by half-buried straw bales that fixes the boundary a wrestler must not cross. The ring is treated with ceremony before a tournament, including a Shinto blessing to purify it. English borrowed dohyo directly from Japanese because no native word covers the same specific object.
How DOHYO is used
A technical term confined to writing and commentary about sumo.
- The wrestler stepped onto the dohyo and bowed.
- A new dohyo is built for every major tournament.
- Salt is thrown onto the dohyo before each bout.
- Stepping outside the dohyo ends the match at once.
- The dohyo is about four and a half metres across.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOHYO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOHYO
The 5 tiles of DOHYO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DOHYO
1 longer words begin with DOHYO.
Shorter words from the letters in DOHYO
Common questions about DOHYO
- Is DOHYO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DOHYO is not in it.
- How many points is DOHYO worth?
- DOHYO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOHYO mean?
- The raised ring in which a sumo wrestling match takes place.
- What letters can be added to DOHYO?
- DOHYO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DOHYO:
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