DREY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. DREY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DREY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DREY is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DREY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dreysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DREY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DREY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What stands out about DREY
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 DREY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A squirrel's nest, built of twigs high in a tree.
A drey is a ball rather than a cup: twigs woven on the outside, leaves and moss packed within, wedged into a fork or against the trunk and roofed against rain. Winter is the season to count them, when the leaves are down and a drey shows as an obvious dark clump that everyone has walked past all summer.
How DREY is used
Countable: a drey, two dreys. Also spelled dray, which collides with the cart of that name.
- There are three dreys in the beech at the end of the lane.
- A drey is far easier to find in January than in June.
- The squirrel took the same route to its drey every morning.
- Wind brought the drey down in one piece.
- He mistook the drey for a crow's nest at first.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DREY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DREY
The 4 tiles of DREY in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DREY
1 longer words begin with DREY.
Shorter words from the letters in DREY
Common questions about DREY
- Is DREY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DREY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DREY worth?
- DREY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DREY mean?
- A squirrel's nest, built of twigs high in a tree.
- What letters can be added to DREY?
- DREY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DREY:
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