DOSA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DOSA 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 DOSA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOSA is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOSA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOSA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DOSA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about DOSA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DOSA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A thin, crisp pancake made from a fermented batter of rice and ground lentils, popular in southern Indian cooking.
A dosa is cooked on a hot griddle until thin and crisp, then usually folded or rolled around a spiced potato filling, or served plain with chutney and sambar. The word dosa comes from Hindi and Tamil and is now used in English wherever the dish is served.
How DOSA is used
Common on Indian and international restaurant menus; increasingly familiar in general English.
- She ordered a crisp dosa filled with spiced potato.
- The street stall served a fresh dosa with two kinds of chutney.
- He learned to fold a dosa the way his mother did.
- A plain dosa can be eaten with just sambar on the side.
- The restaurant's paper dosa was nearly as long as the table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOSA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOSA
The 4 tiles of DOSA in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with DOSA
5 longer words begin with DOSA.
Words with DOSA inside
4 words contain DOSA in the middle. Words that start with DOSA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOSA
Common questions about DOSA
- Is DOSA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOSA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOSA worth?
- DOSA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOSA mean?
- A thin, crisp pancake made from a fermented batter of rice and ground lentils, popular in southern Indian cooking.
- What letters can be added to DOSA?
- DOSA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DOSA:
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