DROSSY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DROSSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DROSSY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROSSY is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROSSY
No single letter turns DROSSY into another word.
How DROSSY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DROSSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What stands out about DROSSY
- DROSSY 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 DROSSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Full of waste matter or worthless leftovers; of poor quality.
Dross is the scum that rises on molten metal and is skimmed away, and drossy applies that picture to anything contaminated with such refuse. Poets and critics stretch it to mean cheap or valueless, as in a drossy book or a drossy bargain. Because the original image comes from metalworking, the word suits writing about purity and impurity.
How DROSSY is used
Literary; mostly used figuratively.
- The smelter poured off the drossy layer from the molten tin.
- He sold a drossy ore that held little silver.
- The critic called the novel a drossy affair.
- Nothing drossy was allowed to remain in the final text.
- She felt that the drossy gifts meant nothing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROSSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DROSSY
Common questions about DROSSY
- Is DROSSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DROSSY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DROSSY worth?
- DROSSY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROSSY mean?
- Full of waste matter or worthless leftovers; of poor quality.
- What letters can be added to DROSSY?
- No single letter can be added to DROSSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DROSSY:
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