DURST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DURST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DURST?
| 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: 22 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DURST is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DURST
No single letter turns DURST into another word.
How DURST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DURST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does DURST mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To have had the courage to do something, the archaic past tense of dare, used chiefly before a bare infinitive, as in he durst not speak.
Durst comes from Old English and served for centuries as the ordinary past tense of dare, the way went serves today as the past tense of go. Writers used durst mainly in negative or restrained statements, so that a timid character durst not speak rather than simply did not dare to speak. Shakespeare and the translators of the King James Bible both relied on durst regularly, which is largely why modern readers meet the word almost only in older texts. Modern English has abandoned the form entirely in ordinary speech, replacing it with dared, though durst still appears in poetry and in writing that deliberately imitates an older style.
How DURST is used
Archaic; found in older literature, scripture, and poetry rather than in everyday modern speech.
- He durst not open the door after hearing the strange noise.
- No one durst question the old captain's orders.
- She durst not admit how frightened she truly was.
- The servant durst not disturb the master before dawn.
- Not even his closest friend durst mention the subject again.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DURST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DURST
The 5 tiles of DURST in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DURST
Common questions about DURST
- Is DURST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DURST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DURST worth?
- DURST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DURST mean?
- To have had the courage to do something, the archaic past tense of dare, used chiefly before a bare infinitive, as in he durst not speak.
- What letters can be added to DURST?
- No single letter can be added to DURST to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DURST:
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