DOORNAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DOORNAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOORNAIL?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOORNAIL is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOORNAIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
doornailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOORNAIL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DOORNAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DOORNAIL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DOORNAIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large-headed nail once used to strengthen or decorate a door.
The doornail is remembered almost entirely through the phrase "dead as a doornail", which goes back centuries. Real doornails were studded across wooden doors, partly for show. Few people today have seen an actual doornail.
How DOORNAIL is used
Almost always met in the idiom "dead as a doornail".
- The old door was studded with a doornail at every corner.
- The battery is as dead as a doornail.
- A blacksmith forged each doornail by hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOORNAIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DOORNAIL
1 longer words begin with DOORNAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in DOORNAIL
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Common questions about DOORNAIL
- Is DOORNAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOORNAIL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOORNAIL worth?
- DOORNAIL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOORNAIL mean?
- A large-headed nail once used to strengthen or decorate a door.
- What letters can be added to DOORNAIL?
- DOORNAIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DOORNAIL:
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