DULSE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DULSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DULSE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DULSE is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DULSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dulsesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DULSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DULSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,508.
What stands out about DULSE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DULSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A reddish-purple edible seaweed, dulse grows on rocky coasts in cold northern waters and is eaten dried or cooked.
Dulse grows attached to rocks and other seaweed along cold coastlines such as those of Ireland, Scotland and eastern Canada, where people have harvested and eaten it for centuries. Cooks dry the fronds to eat as a chewy, salty snack, grind them into a seasoning, or fry them briefly until crisp, like a form of seaweed bacon. Because it is rich in minerals and protein, dulse has also become popular well beyond its traditional coastal communities as a natural food supplement.
How DULSE is used
Used in food writing and traditional coastal cooking, increasingly familiar in wider health-food contexts.
- She sprinkled dried dulse over the soup for flavour.
- Fishermen have gathered dulse from these rocks for generations.
- The shop sold packets of dulse alongside other sea vegetables.
- Fried dulse tastes surprisingly like crisp bacon.
- He chewed a strip of dulse as a salty snack.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DULSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DULSE
The 5 tiles of DULSE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with DULSE
1 longer words begin with DULSE.
Shorter words from the letters in DULSE
Common questions about DULSE
- Is DULSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DULSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DULSE worth?
- DULSE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DULSE mean?
- A reddish-purple edible seaweed, dulse grows on rocky coasts in cold northern waters and is eaten dried or cooked.
- What letters can be added to DULSE?
- DULSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DULSE:
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