DOVED is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. DOVED is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DOVED?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOVED is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOVED
No single letter turns DOVED into another word.
How DOVED scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DOVED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What stands out about DOVED
- DOVED begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DOVED mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectarchaic
To have dozed; the past tense of dove, a dialect verb meaning to doze, also spelled dover.
Dialect speakers used doved to describe someone who had drifted into a light sleep rather than a deep one, distinct from the common verb dive, which shares no history with this word. The form appears mainly in older regional writing rather than modern speech.
How DOVED is used
Found mainly in older regional and dialect writing.
- He doved by the fire until the clock struck nine.
- She doved through the sermon despite her best efforts.
- The old dog doved on the porch all afternoon.
- Grandfather often doved in his chair after dinner.
- The baby doved off before the story even ended.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOVED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DOVED
Common questions about DOVED
- Is DOVED valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DOVED is not in it.
- How many points is DOVED worth?
- DOVED is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOVED mean?
- To have dozed; the past tense of dove, a dialect verb meaning to doze, also spelled dover.
- What letters can be added to DOVED?
- No single letter can be added to DOVED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DOVED:
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