DOTARD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DOTARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOTARD?
| 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 DOTARD is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOTARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dotardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOTARD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DOTARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about DOTARD
- DOTARD begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DOTARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An old person, especially one whose mind has weakened with age.
Dotard is an old and somewhat harsh word for someone in dotage, used to point out that a person's judgment has slipped along with their years. It shares its root with the verb dote, which originally meant simply to be feeble-minded before it narrowed to mean excessive fondness. Because dotard carries a clear insult, it appears mostly in literary insults and political rhetoric rather than in ordinary polite conversation.
How DOTARD is used
Literary and pejorative; used as an insulting term for a senile or foolish old person.
- The play mocks the jealous old husband as a doddering dotard.
- He called the stubborn old official a dotard in front of the whole council.
- The letter accused the retired general of acting like a dotard.
- Shakespeare has one character dismiss another as a foolish dotard.
- The satirist painted the ruler as a vain, forgetful dotard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOTARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DOTARD
4 longer words begin with DOTARD.
Shorter words from the letters in DOTARD
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Common questions about DOTARD
- Is DOTARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOTARD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOTARD worth?
- DOTARD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOTARD mean?
- An old person, especially one whose mind has weakened with age.
- What letters can be added to DOTARD?
- DOTARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DOTARD:
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