DROKE is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 10 points
Yes for Scrabble. DROKE is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept DROKE?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROKE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROKE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
drokesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DROKE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DROKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does DROKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectNorth American
A small, steep-sided hollow thickly grown with trees, or the grove of trees itself.
Droke is a Newfoundland word for a hollow or small valley with steep sides that is thickly covered in trees, and by extension for the stand of trees growing there. Fishermen and woodcutters used the word to mark shelter from wind on an otherwise open, treeless coast, where a single droke could be the only patch of timber for miles. It survives today mainly in place names and in older rural speech rather than in everyday conversation across Canada as a whole, and outside Newfoundland and nearby Labrador the word is rarely understood.
How DROKE is used
Regional; chiefly Newfoundland and Labrador, in older or rural speech.
- The cabin stood at the edge of a droke, sheltered from the wind.
- A droke of spruce was the only cover on that stretch of coast.
- They cut firewood from the droke behind the house.
- Local maps still name the droke where the old trail once passed.
- Few people outside Newfoundland have ever heard the word droke.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DROKE
The 5 tiles of DROKE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DROKE
1 longer words begin with DROKE.
Shorter words from the letters in DROKE
Common questions about DROKE
- Is DROKE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DROKE is not in it.
- How many points is DROKE worth?
- DROKE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROKE mean?
- A small, steep-sided hollow thickly grown with trees, or the grove of trees itself.
- What letters can be added to DROKE?
- DROKE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DROKE:
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