DROMON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DROMON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DROMON?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROMON is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROMON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DROMON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DROMON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 147,824.
What does DROMON mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A large, fast warship with oars and sails used in the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages, especially by the Byzantines.
The dromon was the backbone of Byzantine naval power from roughly the sixth century, usually rowed in two banks and carrying a ram and a siphon for hurling the incendiary mixture known as Greek fire. The name comes from a Greek word for running, which fits a ship built for speed. Writers on medieval history often use dromon where an older English form, dromond, appears in translated sources.
How DROMON is used
Historical term, met in writing about Byzantine and medieval naval warfare.
- The emperor sent a dromon to carry the message across the sea.
- A single dromon could threaten a lightly armed merchant ship.
- Archers stood on the deck of the dromon as it closed in.
- The museum displays a model of a Byzantine dromon.
- Every dromon in the fleet carried oarsmen and soldiers alike.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROMON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DROMON
3 longer words begin with DROMON.
Shorter words from the letters in DROMON
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Common questions about DROMON
- Is DROMON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DROMON, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DROMON worth?
- DROMON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROMON mean?
- A large, fast warship with oars and sails used in the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages, especially by the Byzantines.
- What letters can be added to DROMON?
- DROMON takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DROMON:
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