DUDS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DUDS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUDS?
| 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: 23 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUDS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUDS
No single letter turns DUDS into another word.
How DUDS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DUDS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does DUDS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Clothes, especially the ordinary clothes a person is wearing or owns.
When someone talks about their duds they mean their clothes in general, often with a slightly worn or everyday feel, as when a person puts on old duds for a dirty job. The word has no matching singular with this meaning and lives mainly in casual speech and older writing rather than in formal descriptions of clothing.
How DUDS is used
Informal; used about clothes as a group, not about a single garment.
- He changed out of his good suit into his old duds before painting the fence.
- She packed her duds into a single bag before catching the early train.
- The sailors dried their duds on a line strung across the deck.
- His duds were so worn that everyone at the party stared.
- They kept a box of spare duds for anyone caught in the rain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUDS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DUDS
The 4 tiles of DUDS in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in DUDS
1 words end in DUDS. Useful as a back hook: play DUDS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DUDS
Common questions about DUDS
- Is DUDS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUDS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUDS worth?
- DUDS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUDS mean?
- Clothes, especially the ordinary clothes a person is wearing or owns.
- What letters can be added to DUDS?
- No single letter can be added to DUDS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DUDS:
Open DUDS in the Word Finder