DOUGH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DOUGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOUGH?
| 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 DOUGH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOUGH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOUGH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DOUGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does DOUGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thick, soft mixture of flour and liquid, usually kneaded or shaped, that is baked into bread, pastry, or similar food.
Dough is the raw, workable stage that comes before baking turns it into bread, pizza crust, cookies, or pastry, and its texture can range from a stiff mass that needs kneading to a softer batter-like mixture depending on the recipe. In informal American speech dough also means money, a sense that grew from the idea of dough as something valuable that a person kneads and shapes.
How DOUGH is used
Standard in cooking and baking, and additionally common as informal slang for money in North American speech.
- She kneaded the dough for ten minutes before letting it rise.
- The bakery filled its window with trays of fresh pizza dough.
- He rolled the cookie dough flat and cut it into shapes.
- Sticky dough clung to her fingers as she worked the bread.
- Winning the contract meant serious dough for the small company.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOUGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DOUGH
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with DOUGH.
Words ending in DOUGH
2 words end in DOUGH. Useful as a back hook: play DOUGH onto a word already on the board.
Words with DOUGH inside
2 words contain DOUGH in the middle. Words that start with DOUGH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOUGH
Common questions about DOUGH
- Is DOUGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOUGH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOUGH worth?
- DOUGH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOUGH mean?
- A thick, soft mixture of flour and liquid, usually kneaded or shaped, that is baked into bread, pastry, or similar food.
- What letters can be added to DOUGH?
- DOUGH takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DOUGH:
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