DURNDEST is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DURNDEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DURNDEST?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DURNDEST is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DURNDEST
No single letter turns DURNDEST into another word.
How DURNDEST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DURNDEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DURNDEST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DURNDEST mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalNorth American
Greatest possible, used in the phrase for doing the utmost one can.
Durndest is a folksy, mild-sounding stand-in for stronger words and appears almost only in the phrase about trying your durndest. It is the same idea as the more common darnedest, only with a rural flavour.
How DURNDEST is used
Used informally after "do" or "try" and a possessive, as in "do your durndest".
- She promised to do her durndest to finish the quilt by Friday.
- We tried our durndest to start the old tractor.
- He gave the exam his durndest effort.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DURNDEST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DURNDEST
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Common questions about DURNDEST
- Is DURNDEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DURNDEST, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DURNDEST worth?
- DURNDEST is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DURNDEST mean?
- Greatest possible, used in the phrase for doing the utmost one can.
- What letters can be added to DURNDEST?
- No single letter can be added to DURNDEST to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DURNDEST:
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