DREGGISH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DREGGISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DREGGISH?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DREGGISH is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DREGGISH
No single letter turns DREGGISH into another word.
How DREGGISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DREGGISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DREGGISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DREGGISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Resembling dregs, or foul with sediment.
Dreggish describes a liquid muddied by the settled leftovers at the bottom of a cask or cup. Writers also stretch the word to cover anything low in quality, the bottom of the barrel.
How DREGGISH is used
Rare; used of drinks and, figuratively, of poor quality.
- The wine tasted thick and dreggish.
- He pushed away the dreggish coffee.
- The old cask gave only a dreggish remainder.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DREGGISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DREGGISH
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Common questions about DREGGISH
- Is DREGGISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DREGGISH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DREGGISH worth?
- DREGGISH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DREGGISH mean?
- Resembling dregs, or foul with sediment.
- What letters can be added to DREGGISH?
- No single letter can be added to DREGGISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DREGGISH:
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