DOL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. DOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOL?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOL is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,263.
What stands out about DOL
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit proposed for measuring the intensity of pain.
The dol was put forward in the 1940s by researchers who burned volunteers' skin under controlled conditions. It never came into use, because pain turned out not to behave like a quantity that adds up in any reliable way.
How DOL is used
Countable: a dol, two dols. Rarely used.
- The dol was proposed and then quietly abandoned.
- A scale in dols assumes pain adds up, and it does not.
- The word dol comes from the Latin for grief.
- Two dols apart meant a just noticeable difference.
- Nobody measures pain in dols today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOL
The 3 tiles of DOL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DOL
Showing 24 of 154 words that begin with DOL.
Words ending in DOL
5 words end in DOL. Useful as a back hook: play DOL onto a word already on the board.
Words with DOL inside
Showing 24 of 273 words that contain DOL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DOL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOL
Common questions about DOL
- Is DOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOL worth?
- DOL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOL mean?
- A unit proposed for measuring the intensity of pain.
- What letters can be added to DOL?
- DOL takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DOL:
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