DROUTH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DROUTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DROUTH?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROUTH is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROUTH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DROUTH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DROUTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does DROUTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
ScotsNorth American
A long spell with little or no rain; a lack of something needed.
Drouth is an old spelling that sits close to the spoken form of drought, and it survives in Scottish writing and in some American regional speech. Burns used it for thirst, and farmers on the plains used it for dry seasons. It is accepted in word games as a legitimate entry in its own right.
How DROUTH is used
Regional or literary; modern standard writing prefers the other spelling.
- A long drouth withered the corn in the fields.
- The old farmer remembered the great drouth of his youth.
- There was a drouth of good news that winter.
- The poet writes of a drouth that cracked the earth.
- After a drouth, the first rain smells wonderful.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROUTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DROUTH
6 longer words begin with DROUTH.
Shorter words from the letters in DROUTH
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Common questions about DROUTH
- Is DROUTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DROUTH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DROUTH worth?
- DROUTH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROUTH mean?
- A long spell with little or no rain; a lack of something needed.
- What letters can be added to DROUTH?
- DROUTH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DROUTH:
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