DRAMATURGY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DRAMATURGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DRAMATURGY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DRAMATURGY is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DRAMATURGY
No single letter turns DRAMATURGY into another word.
How DRAMATURGY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DRAMATURGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DRAMATURGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DRAMATURGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The art and craft of writing plays and shaping them for the stage.
Dramaturgy looks at how a play is built: its structure, pacing and the way scenes carry meaning. In many theatres a specialist called a dramaturg advises directors on the dramaturgy of a production.
How DRAMATURGY is used
Used in theatre studies and in discussion of how plays or even films are constructed.
- The course explores the dramaturgy of Greek tragedy.
- Her dramaturgy is built on short, sharp scenes.
- The director praised the careful dramaturgy of the new script.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DRAMATURGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DRAMATURGY
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Common questions about DRAMATURGY
- Is DRAMATURGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DRAMATURGY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DRAMATURGY worth?
- DRAMATURGY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DRAMATURGY mean?
- The art and craft of writing plays and shaping them for the stage.
- What letters can be added to DRAMATURGY?
- No single letter can be added to DRAMATURGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DRAMATURGY:
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