DOUCHE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DOUCHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOUCHE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOUCHE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOUCHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOUCHE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DOUCHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 194,019.
What does DOUCHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalmedical
A jet or stream of water directed at the body or into a body cavity for cleaning or treatment.
The word came into English from French, where it meant a shower, and it keeps that sense in older spa and hydrotherapy writing, such as a cold douche to refresh a tired body. In medicine it names a device or a flow of liquid used to rinse a part of the body. Writers also use the phrase a douche of cold water, meaning a sudden shock that wakes someone up.
How DOUCHE is used
Technical and slightly old-fashioned in the medical and spa sense; the figurative phrase about cold water is more widespread.
- The spa offered a cold douche after the hot bath.
- The news came like a douche of cold water on his hopes.
- A gentle douche of salt water can rinse the wound.
- Doctors once prescribed a daily douche as part of a water cure.
- He stood under the douche in the old bathhouse and shivered.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOUCHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOUCHE
The 6 tiles of DOUCHE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DOUCHE
4 longer words begin with DOUCHE.
Shorter words from the letters in DOUCHE
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Common questions about DOUCHE
- Is DOUCHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOUCHE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOUCHE worth?
- DOUCHE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOUCHE mean?
- A jet or stream of water directed at the body or into a body cavity for cleaning or treatment.
- What letters can be added to DOUCHE?
- DOUCHE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DOUCHE:
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