DROUK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DROUK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DROUK?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROUK is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROUK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
drouksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DROUK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DROUK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does DROUK mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To drench or soak something thoroughly, especially with rain or another heavy fall of water.
Drouk belongs to everyday Scots rather than to standard English, and it describes a soaking so complete that clothes cling to the skin and shoes squelch with every step. Older spellings such as drook appear alongside it in dialect dictionaries, and the word still turns up in Scots poetry and rural speech to describe a sudden downpour catching someone unprepared.
How DROUK is used
Heard mainly in Scots dialect and dialect literature rather than in standard written English.
- The sudden downpour would drouk anyone caught without an umbrella.
- Her coat was thoroughly drouked by the time she reached the door.
- The old poem describes travelers drouked to the bone on the moor.
- A single squall can drouk a whole flock of sheep in minutes.
- He laughed about being drouked on his own doorstep.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROUK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DROUK
5 longer words begin with DROUK.
Shorter words from the letters in DROUK
Common questions about DROUK
- Is DROUK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DROUK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DROUK worth?
- DROUK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROUK mean?
- To drench or soak something thoroughly, especially with rain or another heavy fall of water.
- What letters can be added to DROUK?
- DROUK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DROUK:
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