DOURNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DOURNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOURNESS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOURNESS is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOURNESS
No single letter turns DOURNESS into another word.
How DOURNESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DOURNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DOURNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DOURNESS
- The same 8 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 DOURNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being stern, gloomy or unfriendly in manner.
Dourness is often linked with a grim expression or a refusal to smile, and in Scotland it carries a hint of stubbornness. It describes a person's temperament, but a place or a sky can have dourness too. It is the noun for being dour.
How DOURNESS is used
Used to describe a person's or place's dourness.
- His dourness put everyone off at the party.
- The dourness of the landscape matched the weather.
- Behind the dourness lay a dry sense of humour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOURNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOURNESS
The 8 tiles of DOURNESS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DOURNESS
1 longer words begin with DOURNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in DOURNESS
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Common questions about DOURNESS
- Is DOURNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOURNESS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOURNESS worth?
- DOURNESS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOURNESS mean?
- The quality of being stern, gloomy or unfriendly in manner.
- What letters can be added to DOURNESS?
- No single letter can be added to DOURNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DOURNESS:
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