DOSSIL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DOSSIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOSSIL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOSSIL is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOSSIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dossilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOSSIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DOSSIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about DOSSIL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 DOSSIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalprinting
A small roll or pad of lint used to dress a wound, or a similar roll of cloth used to wipe ink from an engraved plate.
Dossil comes from an old surgical vocabulary that named small dressings by their shape and purpose, and historical manuals describe packing one into an open sore so that it drains instead of closing too soon. A separate sense grew up in printing workshops, where the same word named a soft dabber that a craftsman kept a copperplate's surface clean with between impressions. Though the two trades have nothing else in common, both put a dossil to work as a compact, disposable tool handled again and again.
How DOSSIL is used
A specialist term found in older medical writing and in descriptions of traditional engraving and printing techniques.
- The surgeon packed the wound with a dossil of lint.
- A dossil kept the sore open until it healed properly.
- The printer wiped the plate clean with a dossil before each impression.
- Old medical manuals describe how to prepare a dossil correctly.
- The engraver kept several dossils ready beside the press.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOSSIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOSSIL
The 6 tiles of DOSSIL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DOSSIL
1 longer words begin with DOSSIL.
Shorter words from the letters in DOSSIL
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Common questions about DOSSIL
- Is DOSSIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOSSIL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOSSIL worth?
- DOSSIL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOSSIL mean?
- A small roll or pad of lint used to dress a wound, or a similar roll of cloth used to wipe ink from an engraved plate.
- What letters can be added to DOSSIL?
- DOSSIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DOSSIL:
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