DOR is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. DOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOR?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOR is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What stands out about DOR
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectBritish
A large dark beetle, especially the dor beetle, that flies with a loud droning sound and breeds in dung.
The dor is a traditional English country name for a heavy black dung beetle often heard before it is seen, since it announces itself with a low buzzing drone at dusk. Older nature writing and country speech use dor where a modern text would simply say dung beetle.
How DOR is used
Traditional dialect name for the beetle, still met in older nature writing.
- A dor buzzed past his ear as he walked through the meadow.
- The children caught a dor in a jar to examine its shiny wings.
- At dusk the dor could be heard droning over the pasture.
- Farmers once welcomed the dor for breaking down cattle dung.
- The old naturalist described the dor's burrow beneath the cowpat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOR
The 3 tiles of DOR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DOR
Showing 24 of 131 words that begin with DOR.
Words ending in DOR
Showing 24 of 45 words that end in DOR. Useful as a back hook: play DOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with DOR inside
Showing 24 of 263 words that contain DOR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOR
Common questions about DOR
- Is DOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOR, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOR worth?
- DOR is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOR mean?
- A large dark beetle, especially the dor beetle, that flies with a loud droning sound and breeds in dung.
- What letters can be added to DOR?
- DOR takes 10 hooks: 1 in front and 9 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DOR:
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