DROPSIED is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DROPSIED 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 DROPSIED?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROPSIED is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROPSIED
No single letter turns DROPSIED into another word.
How DROPSIED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DROPSIED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DROPSIED has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DROPSIED
- DROPSIED begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DROPSIED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicmedical
Swollen with fluid caused by dropsy.
Dropsied describes a person or animal whose tissues fill with water, a condition now called edema. The word survives chiefly in older medical texts and in Shakespeare.
How DROPSIED is used
Archaic; modern medicine says edematous or swollen.
- The dropsied old man could scarcely climb the stairs.
- Her dropsied ankles had to be raised at night.
- An aged, dropsied horse stood in the field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROPSIED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DROPSIED
The 8 tiles of DROPSIED in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DROPSIED
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Common questions about DROPSIED
- Is DROPSIED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DROPSIED, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DROPSIED worth?
- DROPSIED is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROPSIED mean?
- Swollen with fluid caused by dropsy.
- What letters can be added to DROPSIED?
- No single letter can be added to DROPSIED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DROPSIED:
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