DROSS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DROSS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DROSS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROSS is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROSS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
drossyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How DROSS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DROSS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does DROSS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Originally the waste matter skimmed from molten metal, dross now also describes anything considered worthless or of poor quality.
In metalworking, dross forms as a scum of oxidised impurities that rises to the surface of molten metal and is skimmed off before the metal is cast or used. From this literal residue, English extended dross to mean any worthless material, whether bad writing, cheap goods or empty talk, treating it as the useless leftover once anything of value has been removed. The word almost always carries a negative judgement, contrasting dross with whatever is considered pure, valuable or worth keeping.
How DROSS is used
Fairly common in written English, both in technical metalworking contexts and in the broader figurative sense of worthless material.
- Workers skimmed the dross off the molten iron.
- The critic dismissed most of the novel as dross.
- Only a little gold remained once the dross was removed.
- The editor cut the dross and kept the strongest pages.
- Much of the daily news feels like dross rather than information.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROSS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DROSS
The 5 tiles of DROSS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DROSS
6 longer words begin with DROSS.
Words with DROSS inside
3 words contain DROSS in the middle. Words that start with DROSS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DROSS
Common questions about DROSS
- Is DROSS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DROSS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DROSS worth?
- DROSS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROSS mean?
- Originally the waste matter skimmed from molten metal, dross now also describes anything considered worthless or of poor quality.
- What letters can be added to DROSS?
- DROSS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DROSS:
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