DONGA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DONGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DONGA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DONGA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DONGA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dongasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DONGA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DONGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does DONGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
South African
A steep-sided gully or ravine cut into the ground by running water, a term used chiefly in southern Africa.
Heavy seasonal rains can carve a donga out of open grassland within a few years, stripping away topsoil and leaving a deep, eroded channel that is difficult to farm or cross. Farmers and engineers in South Africa and neighboring countries often name a specific donga on a map, much as they would a stream or a hill. The word comes from Zulu, and it entered South African English through everyday contact between English and Zulu speakers.
How DONGA is used
A regional term from southern African English, common in farming, geography, and everyday description of the landscape.
- Rainwater had cut a deep donga across the pasture.
- The truck got stuck trying to cross a narrow donga.
- Erosion turned the dry riverbed into a wide donga.
- Farmers fenced off the donga to keep cattle from falling in.
- A footpath wound carefully around the edge of the donga.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DONGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DONGA
The 5 tiles of DONGA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DONGA
1 longer words begin with DONGA.
Shorter words from the letters in DONGA
Common questions about DONGA
- Is DONGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DONGA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DONGA worth?
- DONGA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DONGA mean?
- A steep-sided gully or ravine cut into the ground by running water, a term used chiefly in southern Africa.
- What letters can be added to DONGA?
- DONGA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DONGA:
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