DOUR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DOUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOUR?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOUR is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOUR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How DOUR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DOUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What does DOUR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having a habitually stern, unsmiling temperament that gives a persistently severe and joyless impression.
A dour person rarely smiles and gives an impression of severity or grim determination. The word dour is often used of faces, expressions or personalities that seem forbidding rather than warm.
How DOUR is used
Common in everyday and literary English to describe temperament or expression.
- His dour expression rarely changed even in good news.
- The manager had a dour, unsmiling manner with new staff.
- Behind the dour face was a surprisingly kind man.
- The weather matched his dour mood that morning.
- Critics called the film's tone dour and joyless.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOUR
The 4 tiles of DOUR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DOUR
13 longer words begin with DOUR.
Words ending in DOUR
9 words end in DOUR. Useful as a back hook: play DOUR onto a word already on the board.
Words with DOUR inside
13 words contain DOUR in the middle. Words that start with DOUR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOUR
Common questions about DOUR
- Is DOUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOUR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOUR worth?
- DOUR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOUR mean?
- Having a habitually stern, unsmiling temperament that gives a persistently severe and joyless impression.
- What letters can be added to DOUR?
- DOUR takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DOUR:
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