DOOL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. DOOL 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 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DOOL?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOOL is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOOL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOOL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DOOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,753.
What does DOOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicScots
Grief, sorrow, or trouble, in old and dialect use.
Before dole crowded it out of common use, dool did the same work in Scots and older English writing, naming heartache or misery without needing a longer phrase. Poets and balladeers reached for dool when a plain word like sad felt too thin for the weight of loss being described, and a second, narrower sense named a stone or post marking out a boundary.
How DOOL is used
Archaic and Scots dialect; found in older writing rather than current speech.
- The ballad speaks of dool and loss after the battle.
- Years of dool had left deep lines on her face.
- The old woman muttered about the dool of widowhood.
- Their dool was plain to see as the coffin passed.
- The poem ends with a cry of dool for the fallen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DOOL
11 longer words begin with DOOL.
Words with DOOL inside
1 words contain DOOL in the middle. Words that start with DOOL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOOL
Common questions about DOOL
- Is DOOL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DOOL is not in it.
- How many points is DOOL worth?
- DOOL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOOL mean?
- Grief, sorrow, or trouble, in old and dialect use.
- What letters can be added to DOOL?
- DOOL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DOOL:
Open DOOL in the Word Finder