DORY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DORY?
| 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 DORY is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DORY
No single letter turns DORY into another word.
How DORY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does DORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A flat-bottomed boat with high flaring sides.
Dory the boat and dory the fish are unrelated borrowings, one probably from a Central American language and one from French. Fishing uses both words without anybody noticing.
How DORY is used
Countable; the plural changes the y.
- A dory can be stacked inside another of the same build.
- The word dory names a boat and a fish, unrelatedly.
- A dory rides rough water better than its size suggests.
- Fishing uses both senses of dory without confusion.
- The fish called dory came into English from French.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DORY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DORY
2 longer words begin with DORY.
Words with DORY inside
1 words contain DORY in the middle. Words that start with DORY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DORY
Common questions about DORY
- Is DORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DORY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DORY worth?
- DORY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DORY mean?
- A flat-bottomed boat with high flaring sides.
- What letters can be added to DORY?
- No single letter can be added to DORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DORY:
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