DONSIE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DONSIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DONSIE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DONSIE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DONSIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
donsierChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How DONSIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DONSIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,372.
What stands out about DONSIE
- The same 6 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 DONSIE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
Sickly, feeble, or unlucky, and generally lacking in vigor or good fortune.
Donsie is a Scots dialect word that blends the sense of being physically weak or unwell with the sense of being unlucky or ill-fated, so it can describe either a person in poor health or a person or situation touched by misfortune. It does not translate neatly into a single ordinary English word, since it carries both the physical and the fortune-related meaning at once. The word appears in Scots literature and older regional speech, most famously in the poetry of Robert Burns.
How DONSIE is used
A Scots dialect word, met mainly in older Scottish writing and regional speech rather than standard English.
- The donsie old horse could barely pull the cart uphill.
- He called himself a donsie fool for trusting the offer.
- She had always been a donsie child, prone to illness.
- Burns used donsie to describe both bad luck and poor health.
- The donsie weather ruined the harvest that year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DONSIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DONSIE
The 6 tiles of DONSIE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DONSIE
2 longer words begin with DONSIE.
Shorter words from the letters in DONSIE
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Common questions about DONSIE
- Is DONSIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DONSIE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DONSIE worth?
- DONSIE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DONSIE mean?
- Sickly, feeble, or unlucky, and generally lacking in vigor or good fortune.
- What letters can be added to DONSIE?
- DONSIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DONSIE:
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