DOORYARD is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DOORYARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOORYARD?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOORYARD is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOORYARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dooryardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOORYARD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DOORYARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DOORYARD has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DOORYARD
- DOORYARD begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DOORYARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A yard next to the door of a house.
In rural American speech, it is the patch of ground where chickens scratch and visitors park. Poets such as Whitman wrote of lilacs blooming in the dooryard.
How DOORYARD is used
Regional, mainly North American, and a little old-fashioned.
- Chickens pecked in the dooryard.
- Lilacs grew in the dooryard.
- She swept the dooryard every morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOORYARD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DOORYARD
1 longer words begin with DOORYARD.
Shorter words from the letters in DOORYARD
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Common questions about DOORYARD
- Is DOORYARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOORYARD, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOORYARD worth?
- DOORYARD is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOORYARD mean?
- A yard next to the door of a house.
- What letters can be added to DOORYARD?
- DOORYARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DOORYARD:
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