DORMY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DORMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DORMY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DORMY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DORMY
No single letter turns DORMY into another word.
How DORMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DORMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does DORMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
In match-play golf, ahead by as many holes as remain to be played, so that the match cannot be lost.
A golfer or side is dormy when their lead in a match equals the number of holes still left, meaning the worst possible result is a tie rather than a loss. Commentators announce a player as dormy two, for instance, when they are two holes up with exactly two holes remaining. The word comes specifically from match play, the format where holes are won individually, rather than a format where only the total score matters. Some writers use the older spelling dormie for the same idea, and the two forms are treated as identical in scoring terms.
How DORMY is used
Technical, used almost exclusively in golf commentary and rules describing match-play scoring.
- She reached the sixteenth hole dormy three.
- Being dormy meant he could not lose the match outright.
- The commentator explained what dormy means to new viewers.
- He shook hands once his opponent went dormy on the last hole.
- A player who is dormy still tries to win rather than settle for a tie.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DORMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DORMY
Common questions about DORMY
- Is DORMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DORMY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DORMY worth?
- DORMY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DORMY mean?
- In match-play golf, ahead by as many holes as remain to be played, so that the match cannot be lost.
- What letters can be added to DORMY?
- No single letter can be added to DORMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DORMY:
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