DUMKY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DUMKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUMKY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 DUMKY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUMKY
No single letter turns DUMKY into another word.
How DUMKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DUMKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What does DUMKY mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A set of Slavic instrumental pieces that shift between mournful and lively sections, or one such piece.
Dumky are Slavic compositions built from contrasting moods, sliding from slow lament into sudden bursts of dance-like energy. The form grew out of the Ukrainian dumka, a folk ballad recalling heroic or tragic events, and composers such as Dvorak adapted it for the concert hall. The composer built an entire piano trio from six such movements, calling the work simply Dumky. Music historians therefore use dumky both for individual pieces and for a trio built from them.
How DUMKY is used
This term is mainly encountered in classical music writing about Czech and Slavic composers, and it rarely appears in everyday speech.
- The pianist introduced the evening with two dumky by Dvorak.
- Reviewers praised the shifting dumky as the highlight of the concert.
- Each of the six dumky moves from sorrow to sudden joy.
- The programme note explained how dumky grew out of Ukrainian folk ballads.
- Dumky by Dvorak remain popular with chamber ensembles today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUMKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DUMKY
Common questions about DUMKY
- Is DUMKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUMKY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUMKY worth?
- DUMKY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUMKY mean?
- A set of Slavic instrumental pieces that shift between mournful and lively sections, or one such piece.
- What letters can be added to DUMKY?
- No single letter can be added to DUMKY to make another word.
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