DOLESOME is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DOLESOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOLESOME?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOLESOME is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOLESOME
No single letter turns DOLESOME into another word.
How DOLESOME scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DOLESOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DOLESOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DOLESOME mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Full of sorrow or gloom.
Poets chose dolesome for sad tunes and bleak landscapes. It is a rarer, more old-fashioned cousin of doleful and rarely heard in speech now.
How DOLESOME is used
Found in older literature and poetry.
- A dolesome bell tolled across the moor.
- She sang a dolesome ballad of lost love.
- The dolesome sky matched his mood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOLESOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DOLESOME
1 longer words begin with DOLESOME.
Shorter words from the letters in DOLESOME
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Common questions about DOLESOME
- Is DOLESOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOLESOME, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOLESOME worth?
- DOLESOME is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOLESOME mean?
- Full of sorrow or gloom.
- What letters can be added to DOLESOME?
- No single letter can be added to DOLESOME to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DOLESOME:
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