DURZI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. DURZI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DURZI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DURZI is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DURZI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
durzisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DURZI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DURZI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does DURZI mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian Englishhistorical
A tailor in India, especially one who worked in a household.
Durzi named the tailor who visited households in colonial and postcolonial India to make and mend clothing, often working seated on the veranda floor rather than in a shop. The word entered English through contact with Hindi and Urdu, and British residents of India used it constantly in letters and household accounts. A durzi typically owned only a needle, thread and a hand-cranked sewing machine, moving from house to house rather than keeping fixed premises. The spelling darzi records the same trade and the same word, closer to its Hindi original.
How DURZI is used
This word appears chiefly in writing about colonial and modern Indian domestic life, and it is rarely used outside that context.
- The durzi came twice a week to alter the school uniforms.
- She asked the durzi to copy the dress from a magazine picture.
- Every large household in the city once kept its own durzi.
- The durzi measured the curtains before cutting the new cloth.
- He learned tailoring as a boy, apprenticed to his uncle the durzi.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DURZI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DURZI
1 longer words begin with DURZI.
Shorter words from the letters in DURZI
Common questions about DURZI
- Is DURZI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DURZI is not in it.
- How many points is DURZI worth?
- DURZI is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DURZI mean?
- A tailor in India, especially one who worked in a household.
- What letters can be added to DURZI?
- DURZI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DURZI:
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