DUNGHILL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DUNGHILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUNGHILL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUNGHILL is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUNGHILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dunghillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUNGHILL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DUNGHILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DUNGHILL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DUNGHILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A heap of animal manure and farm refuse piled up to rot.
On a traditional farm the dunghill was gathered to be spread later as fertiliser. Figuratively the word names any foul or degraded condition, as in a proverb about the cock on his own dunghill.
How DUNGHILL is used
Used in farming contexts, and in older idiom for squalid surroundings.
- The farmer forked fresh straw onto the dunghill.
- Steam rose from the dunghill on the cold morning.
- He crowed like a cock on his own dunghill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUNGHILL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUNGHILL
1 longer words begin with DUNGHILL.
Shorter words from the letters in DUNGHILL
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Common questions about DUNGHILL
- Is DUNGHILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUNGHILL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUNGHILL worth?
- DUNGHILL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUNGHILL mean?
- A heap of animal manure and farm refuse piled up to rot.
- What letters can be added to DUNGHILL?
- DUNGHILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DUNGHILL:
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