DOUX is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DOUX 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 DOUX?
| 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 DOUX is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOUX
No single letter turns DOUX into another word.
How DOUX scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DOUX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does DOUX mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Sweet — of sparkling wine.
Doux is the sweetest grade on a French label and now the rarest, because taste moved steadily towards dry across the twentieth century. It sits at the far end of the scale from brut.
How DOUX is used
After the noun, on labels.
- A bottle marked doux is the sweetest grade there is.
- The word doux is French for sweet.
- Doux and brut are opposite ends of one scale.
- Taste moved towards dry and doux became rare.
- Very few houses still make anything doux.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOUX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in DOUX
1 words end in DOUX. Useful as a back hook: play DOUX onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DOUX
Common questions about DOUX
- Is DOUX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOUX, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOUX worth?
- DOUX is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOUX mean?
- Sweet — of sparkling wine.
- What letters can be added to DOUX?
- No single letter can be added to DOUX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DOUX:
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