DORMOUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DORMOUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DORMOUSE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DORMOUSE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DORMOUSE
No single letter turns DORMOUSE into another word.
How DORMOUSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DORMOUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DORMOUSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DORMOUSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small furry rodent with a bushy tail that spends much of the year hibernating.
The dormouse lives in trees and hedgerows, feeding on nuts, berries and seeds. Its long winter sleep gave it a place in children's stories, most famously at the tea party in Alice's adventures.
How DORMOUSE is used
Ordinary animal name; the plural is dormice.
- A dormouse curled up in the nest of moss.
- Conservationists counted every dormouse in the wood.
- The sleepy dormouse barely woke for the tea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DORMOUSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DORMOUSE
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Common questions about DORMOUSE
- Is DORMOUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DORMOUSE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DORMOUSE worth?
- DORMOUSE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DORMOUSE mean?
- A small furry rodent with a bushy tail that spends much of the year hibernating.
- What letters can be added to DORMOUSE?
- No single letter can be added to DORMOUSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DORMOUSE:
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