DREAM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DREAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DREAM?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DREAM is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DREAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DREAM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DREAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about DREAM
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 DREAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A series of images, thoughts and feelings that occur in the mind during sleep, or a strongly wished-for goal or ambition.
A dream in its original sense is what the mind produces while a person sleeps, often strange or vivid and quickly forgotten after waking. From that private, night-time meaning the word broadened into an everyday one for a hope or ambition that someone works toward while awake, as in a dream of owning a house. The word also works as a verb, to dream, covering both the sleeping experience and the act of hoping.
How DREAM is used
Very common in everyday speech, used both for sleep experiences and for hopes or ambitions.
- She woke up unable to remember most of the dream.
- His dream was to travel across South America one day.
- The child described a dream about flying over the city.
- Owning a small farm had always been her dream.
- He had a strange dream after eating so late at night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DREAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DREAM
The 5 tiles of DREAM in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DREAM
Showing 24 of 39 words that begin with DREAM.
Words ending in DREAM
3 words end in DREAM. Useful as a back hook: play DREAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with DREAM inside
22 words contain DREAM in the middle. Words that start with DREAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DREAM
Showing 40 of 48. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about DREAM
- Is DREAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DREAM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DREAM worth?
- DREAM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DREAM mean?
- A series of images, thoughts and feelings that occur in the mind during sleep, or a strongly wished-for goal or ambition.
- What letters can be added to DREAM?
- DREAM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DREAM:
Open DREAM in the Word Finder