DOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DOLE 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 DOLE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOLE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOLE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,553.
What stands out about DOLE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 DOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Unemployment benefit, in British speech.
On the dole is the phrase that keeps this word alive, and it is far older than the payment it now names: the original sense is a share handed out as charity, which is exactly the association official language works to avoid. Nobody at the department says dole and nearly everybody outside it does.
How DOLE is used
Uncountable, and chiefly in on the dole. Informal; the official terms are quite different.
- He was on the dole for eleven months and hated every week of it.
- The dole queue outside that office went round the corner.
- Nobody in the department will use the word dole.
- A fortnight on the dole taught her more than the course did.
- The dole was called something else on every form she signed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOLE
The 4 tiles of DOLE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DOLE
15 longer words begin with DOLE.
Words ending in DOLE
5 words end in DOLE. Useful as a back hook: play DOLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with DOLE inside
Showing 24 of 50 words that contain DOLE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DOLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOLE
Common questions about DOLE
- Is DOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOLE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOLE worth?
- DOLE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOLE mean?
- Unemployment benefit, in British speech.
- What letters can be added to DOLE?
- DOLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DOLE:
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