DORR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DORR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DORR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DORR is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DORR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dorrsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DORR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DORR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,169.
What does DORR mean in Scrabble?
verb
obsolete
To mock or deceive someone, an old sense recorded together with the related word dor.
When an old text says a person was dorred, it means they were mocked, fooled or deceived. The word dorr is now obsolete, and only turns up in historical dictionaries and word-game lists rather than in any current use.
How DORR is used
Obsolete; not used in modern English outside dictionaries and word games.
- The old text claims the trickster loved to dorr honest travellers.
- To dorr someone in that sense meant simply to mock them.
- The dictionary marks dorr as obsolete, once meaning to deceive.
- He was said to dorr his rivals with false promises.
- Scholars note that dorr and dor share the same old root.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DORR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DORR
3 longer words begin with DORR.
Shorter words from the letters in DORR
Common questions about DORR
- Is DORR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DORR, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DORR worth?
- DORR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DORR mean?
- To mock or deceive someone, an old sense recorded together with the related word dor.
- What letters can be added to DORR?
- DORR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DORR:
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