DONUT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DONUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DONUT?
| 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 DONUT is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DONUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
donutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DONUT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DONUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What does DONUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americaninformal
A small fried cake of sweetened dough, usually shaped like a ring or a filled ball; a common informal spelling of doughnut.
A donut is typically fried rather than baked, and the ring shape lets the dough cook evenly all the way through without a dense, undercooked centre, while filled versions use a solid ball shape instead. The shortened spelling donut became common in North American advertising and shop signage during the twentieth century and now competes with the older doughnut in everyday writing. Beyond food, engineers and physicists borrow the same ring shape as an informal name for a torus, such as the ring-shaped chamber in certain particle accelerators.
How DONUT is used
The everyday North American spelling of doughnut, mainly informal and common on shop signs and menus.
- She bought a dozen donuts for the office on Friday morning.
- The bakery's glazed donut sold out before nine o'clock.
- He joked that the accelerator's ring looked like a giant donut.
- A fresh donut still warm from the fryer is hard to beat.
- The shop window displayed rows of donuts topped with different glazes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DONUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DONUT
3 longer words begin with DONUT.
Shorter words from the letters in DONUT
Common questions about DONUT
- Is DONUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DONUT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DONUT worth?
- DONUT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DONUT mean?
- A small fried cake of sweetened dough, usually shaped like a ring or a filled ball; a common informal spelling of doughnut.
- What letters can be added to DONUT?
- DONUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DONUT:
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