DROSKY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DROSKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DROSKY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROSKY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROSKY
No single letter turns DROSKY into another word.
How DROSKY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DROSKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 776,076.
What stands out about DROSKY
- DROSKY 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 DROSKY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A light open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, formerly used as a cab in Russia and nearby countries.
The drosky was a low, open vehicle in which passengers sat on a long bench, and in towns it served as a public cab for hire. The word reached English from Russian and is more often written droshky. Nineteenth-century travellers liked to mention the drosky as part of the local colour when they described the streets of Russian and German cities.
How DROSKY is used
Historical; seen in travel writing and novels set before the motor car.
- They hired a drosky at the station and rattled into town.
- The drosky driver wrapped himself in a heavy sheepskin coat.
- A drosky stood waiting outside the theatre in the snow.
- The count rode in an open drosky along the river.
- Her diary describes the jolting of the drosky on cobbled streets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROSKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DROSKY
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Common questions about DROSKY
- Is DROSKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DROSKY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DROSKY worth?
- DROSKY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROSKY mean?
- A light open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, formerly used as a cab in Russia and nearby countries.
- What letters can be added to DROSKY?
- No single letter can be added to DROSKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DROSKY:
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