DOTAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DOTAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOTAGE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOTAGE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOTAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dotagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOTAGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DOTAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What stands out about DOTAGE
- 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 DOTAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A feeble, foolish, or overly sentimental state of mind that comes with advanced old age.
Dotage names the mental decline sometimes seen in very old age, when judgment weakens and a person may become forgetful, oddly sentimental, or easily fooled. The word is older than its close relative dotard, which names the person rather than the condition, and both share the root verb dote. Writers usually reach for dotage in fairly formal or literary description rather than in casual daily conversation.
How DOTAGE is used
Literary and somewhat formal; used to describe mental frailty in extreme old age rather than in casual speech.
- In his dotage the old king trusted flatterers over honest advisers.
- She feared slipping into dotage before she finished writing her memoirs.
- The novel follows a family caring for a grandmother sinking into dotage.
- Friends noticed the first signs of dotage in his rambling letters.
- He joked that dotage had already caught up with his forgetful uncle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOTAGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOTAGE
The 6 tiles of DOTAGE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DOTAGE
1 longer words begin with DOTAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in DOTAGE
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Common questions about DOTAGE
- Is DOTAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOTAGE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOTAGE worth?
- DOTAGE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOTAGE mean?
- A feeble, foolish, or overly sentimental state of mind that comes with advanced old age.
- What letters can be added to DOTAGE?
- DOTAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DOTAGE:
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