DUNDREARIES is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DUNDREARIES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUNDREARIES?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUNDREARIES is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUNDREARIES
No single letter turns DUNDREARIES into another word.
How DUNDREARIES scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DUNDREARIES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DUNDREARIES has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DUNDREARIES mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
Long, full side whiskers worn down the cheeks without a beard in the middle.
Dundrearies were a Victorian fashion, named after a character in a popular play. The word is nearly always plural, and today it appears in historical writing or as a joke about old-fashioned style.
How DUNDREARIES is used
Usually plural; used about Victorian whiskers.
- The colonel proudly wore magnificent dundrearies.
- Portraits of the period show men with long dundrearies.
- His dundrearies drooped over his collar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUNDREARIES and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about DUNDREARIES
- Is DUNDREARIES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUNDREARIES, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUNDREARIES worth?
- DUNDREARIES is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUNDREARIES mean?
- Long, full side whiskers worn down the cheeks without a beard in the middle.
- What letters can be added to DUNDREARIES?
- No single letter can be added to DUNDREARIES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DUNDREARIES:
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