DORSAD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DORSAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DORSAD?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DORSAD is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DORSAD
No single letter turns DORSAD into another word.
How DORSAD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DORSAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about DORSAD
- DORSAD 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 DORSAD mean in Scrabble?
adverb
technical
Toward the back or dorsal side of a body, away from the front or belly side.
Dorsad is a technical direction word from anatomy and zoology, used to describe a structure moving or pointing toward the back of an animal rather than toward its front. It pairs with the opposite direction word ventrad, which points toward the belly side instead. Outside anatomical and zoological description the word is almost never used, and most general readers will not meet it outside a specialist text.
How DORSAD is used
Technical; used in anatomy and zoology to describe direction toward the back of a body.
- The fin curves dorsad as the fish matures.
- Researchers described the nerve as running dorsad from the base of the skull.
- The plate of the shell slopes dorsad toward the rear of the animal.
- Pressure applied dorsad on the limb produced no reaction in the sedated animal.
- The textbook diagram showed the muscle fibres running dorsad along the spine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DORSAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DORSAD
The 6 tiles of DORSAD in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DORSAD
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Common questions about DORSAD
- Is DORSAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DORSAD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DORSAD worth?
- DORSAD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DORSAD mean?
- Toward the back or dorsal side of a body, away from the front or belly side.
- What letters can be added to DORSAD?
- No single letter can be added to DORSAD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DORSAD:
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