DOVISH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DOVISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOVISH?
| 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 DOVISH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOVISH
No single letter turns DOVISH into another word.
How DOVISH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DOVISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does DOVISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Favouring peace and negotiation over force, or gentle and conciliatory in manner.
Dovish is the opposite of hawkish, and the pair comes from the dove as a symbol of peace. It is used of politicians and advisers who prefer talks to war, and in finance of central bankers who lean toward low interest rates and caution. Used of a person's nature, it simply means mild and unwarlike.
How DOVISH is used
Common in politics and economics news; usually set against hawkish.
- The minister took a dovish line on the border dispute.
- Markets rose after the bank struck a dovish tone.
- He was too dovish for the generals around him.
- A dovish faction in the party urged a ceasefire.
- Her dovish temper made her the peacemaker in the family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOVISH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DOVISH
3 longer words begin with DOVISH.
Shorter words from the letters in DOVISH
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Common questions about DOVISH
- Is DOVISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOVISH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOVISH worth?
- DOVISH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOVISH mean?
- Favouring peace and negotiation over force, or gentle and conciliatory in manner.
- What letters can be added to DOVISH?
- No single letter can be added to DOVISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DOVISH:
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