DONER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. DONER 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 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DONER?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DONER is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DONER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
donersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DONER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DONER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,446.
What stands out about DONER
- The same 5 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 DONER mean in Scrabble?
noun
Meat cooked on a vertical spit and shaved off into flatbread.
The doner is the parent of the gyro and the shawarma and, in Britain, of the late-night kebab shop: a cone of pressed lamb turning against a heat source and sliced from the outside in as it cooks. The name is Turkish for turning, so it describes the machine rather than what is on it, and only English uses it as a noun on its own.
How DONER is used
Countable: a doner, two doners. Usually short for doner kebab.
- He ate a doner on the way home and regretted it by morning.
- The doner turned in the window all evening.
- A doner and chips is the whole menu for half the queue.
- She has not eaten a doner since the food poisoning.
- The doner is sliced from the outside as it cooks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DONER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DONER
The 5 tiles of DONER in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DONER
1 longer words begin with DONER.
Words ending in DONER
4 words end in DONER. Useful as a back hook: play DONER onto a word already on the board.
Words with DONER inside
4 words contain DONER in the middle. Words that start with DONER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DONER
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Common questions about DONER
- Is DONER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DONER, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DONER worth?
- DONER is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DONER mean?
- Meat cooked on a vertical spit and shaved off into flatbread.
- What letters can be added to DONER?
- DONER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DONER:
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