DORTY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DORTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DORTY?
| 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 DORTY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DORTY
No single letter turns DORTY into another word.
How DORTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DORTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about DORTY
- The letters of DORTY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DORTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Sulky, easily offended, or haughtily hard to please, in Scots speech.
Dorty describes someone who takes offence quickly or turns up their nose at things that do not suit them exactly. It carries a touch of both sulkiness and pride, so a dorty person is not merely sad but stand-offish and difficult to satisfy. The word survives mainly in Scottish dialect writing and in glossaries of older Scots vocabulary.
How DORTY is used
Used in Scots and northern English dialect speech and writing, rarely in standard English.
- The child turned dorty when told to share her toys.
- He gave a dorty answer to a perfectly friendly question.
- Her dorty manner put off the new neighbours at once.
- The old aunt was famously dorty about who she would speak to.
- A dorty customer sent the soup back twice before eating.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DORTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DORTY
Common questions about DORTY
- Is DORTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DORTY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DORTY worth?
- DORTY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DORTY mean?
- Sulky, easily offended, or haughtily hard to please, in Scots speech.
- What letters can be added to DORTY?
- No single letter can be added to DORTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DORTY:
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