DRYAD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DRYAD 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 DRYAD?
| 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 DRYAD is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DRYAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dryadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DRYAD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DRYAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What stands out about DRYAD
- DRYAD begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DRYAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A nymph or spirit believed to inhabit and be bound to the life of a tree or forest.
A dryad comes from Greek mythology, where such spirits were imagined to live inside a particular tree and to weaken or die if that tree was cut down. The word has since become a general literary figure for any woodland spirit, used loosely in poetry, fantasy fiction, and fairy tales far beyond its original Greek setting. Writers also use dryad figuratively for a person who seems shy, wild, or deeply at home in a forest setting.
How DRYAD is used
A literary and mythological term, common in fantasy writing and poetry rather than in ordinary conversation.
- In the old tale, a dryad guarded every ancient oak in the forest.
- The novel's dryad could only leave her tree at nightfall.
- Illustrators often draw a dryad with bark-like skin and leafy hair.
- The children imagined a dryad watching them from the hollow trunk.
- She moved through the woods like a shy dryad, rarely seen by visitors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DRYAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DRYAD
The 5 tiles of DRYAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DRYAD
3 longer words begin with DRYAD.
Words ending in DRYAD
1 words end in DRYAD. Useful as a back hook: play DRYAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with DRYAD inside
2 words contain DRYAD in the middle. Words that start with DRYAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DRYAD
Common questions about DRYAD
- Is DRYAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DRYAD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DRYAD worth?
- DRYAD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DRYAD mean?
- A nymph or spirit believed to inhabit and be bound to the life of a tree or forest.
- What letters can be added to DRYAD?
- DRYAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DRYAD:
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