DURR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DURR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DURR?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DURR is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DURR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DURR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DURR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What does DURR mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnicalregional
A type of grain sorghum, known elsewhere as durra, grown mainly in Africa and Asia for food and fodder.
Durr is one of several spellings of durra, a drought-hardy cereal grass closely related to millet that has fed people and livestock in dry regions for centuries. English writers borrowed the Arabic name along with the crop itself, which is why so many spellings exist side by side.
How DURR is used
Technical or regional term from agriculture and botany, rare outside specialist writing.
- Farmers in the dry region depend on durr for their harvest.
- The market sold sacks of durr alongside millet and wheat.
- Durr tolerates drought better than most grain crops.
- She ground the durr into a coarse flour.
- Livestock were fed on stalks of durr after the grain was collected.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DURR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DURR
6 longer words begin with DURR.
Shorter words from the letters in DURR
Common questions about DURR
- Is DURR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DURR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DURR worth?
- DURR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DURR mean?
- A type of grain sorghum, known elsewhere as durra, grown mainly in Africa and Asia for food and fodder.
- What letters can be added to DURR?
- DURR takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DURR:
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