DREGGY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DREGGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DREGGY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DREGGY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DREGGY
No single letter turns DREGGY into another word.
How DREGGY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DREGGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about DREGGY
- DREGGY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DREGGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Full of sediment, so that a liquid is cloudy, muddy or foul with the solids that have settled in it.
Dreggy is built on dregs, the sludge left at the bottom of a cup, bottle or cask once the clear liquid has gone. It was used mostly of wine, beer and other drinks that had not been properly cleared, and sometimes figuratively of anything coarse and left over. The word is uncommon today, and most writers simply say that a drink is full of dregs.
How DREGGY is used
Uncommon; found in older descriptive writing about drinks, and occasionally in a figurative sense.
- The last of the barrel was thick and dreggy.
- He pushed away the dreggy coffee with a grimace.
- A dreggy wine will often taste bitter as well as cloudy.
- The dreggy water in the bottom of the jug was not fit to drink.
- She poured the dreggy remains through a cloth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DREGGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DREGGY
Common questions about DREGGY
- Is DREGGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DREGGY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DREGGY worth?
- DREGGY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DREGGY mean?
- Full of sediment, so that a liquid is cloudy, muddy or foul with the solids that have settled in it.
- What letters can be added to DREGGY?
- No single letter can be added to DREGGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DREGGY:
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