DONSY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DONSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DONSY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DONSY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DONSY
No single letter turns DONSY into another word.
How DONSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DONSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does DONSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Feeling unwell or out of sorts, or generally unlucky, in older Scots speech.
Donsy is an old Scots word that farmers and country people once used for a person or beast that seemed off-colour without any clear illness to name. The same word could also describe a run of bad luck, since sickliness and misfortune were spoken of in the same breath. A separate, less common sense of donsy meant neat or fussy about oneself, showing how far the word could stretch in local speech.
How DONSY is used
Encountered mainly in older Scots writing and dialect glossaries rather than everyday modern speech.
- The old shepherd said the ewe looked donsy and kept her apart from the flock.
- Neighbours called it a donsy winter after three farms lost their harvest.
- Grandmother used donsy for anyone who seemed pale and out of sorts.
- He felt donsy all morning but could not say what ailed him.
- The glossary listed donsy among words for sickly or unlucky.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DONSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DONSY
The 5 tiles of DONSY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DONSY
Common questions about DONSY
- Is DONSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DONSY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DONSY worth?
- DONSY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DONSY mean?
- Feeling unwell or out of sorts, or generally unlucky, in older Scots speech.
- What letters can be added to DONSY?
- No single letter can be added to DONSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DONSY:
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