DREAR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DREAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DREAR?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DREAR is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DREAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DREAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DREAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 11,618.
What stands out about DREAR
- 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 DREAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literarypoetic
A literary word meaning dreary, dismal or gloomy, drear appears mainly in poetry and deliberately old-fashioned prose.
Writers use drear mainly in poetry and older or deliberately old-fashioned prose, where it fits a line's rhythm better than the longer dreary. It usually describes weather, landscapes or moods that feel bleak, cold or without cheer. The word survives today chiefly in quotation and in poetic or archaic-sounding writing rather than in ordinary conversation.
How DREAR is used
Literary and somewhat archaic; found in poetry and old-fashioned descriptive writing rather than everyday speech.
- The poem described a drear November sky.
- A drear mist hung over the moor all morning.
- His voice grew drear as he recalled the war.
- The castle looked drear and abandoned in the rain.
- She wrote of drear winters in the old farmhouse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DREAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DREAR
The 5 tiles of DREAR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DREAR
21 longer words begin with DREAR.
Words with DREAR inside
1 words contain DREAR in the middle. Words that start with DREAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DREAR
Common questions about DREAR
- Is DREAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DREAR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DREAR worth?
- DREAR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DREAR mean?
- A literary word meaning dreary, dismal or gloomy, drear appears mainly in poetry and deliberately old-fashioned prose.
- What letters can be added to DREAR?
- DREAR takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DREAR:
Open DREAR in the Word Finder