DUSTCOVER is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DUSTCOVER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUSTCOVER?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUSTCOVER is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUSTCOVER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dustcoversChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUSTCOVER scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DUSTCOVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DUSTCOVER has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DUSTCOVER
- All 9 letters of DUSTCOVER are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DUSTCOVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A cover of cloth or plastic put over furniture or equipment to keep dust off it.
A dustcover protects things that are stored or not in use, from a sofa in a closed-up house to a turntable lid. In book language the same idea gives the jacket a book wears, though that is more often called a dust jacket.
How DUSTCOVER is used
Used for protective covers on furniture, equipment and instruments; also a lid on record players.
- She put a dustcover over the piano before leaving for the summer.
- The record player came with a clear plastic dustcover.
- Dustcover sheets hid the sofas in the empty house.
- He lifted the dustcover off the old sewing machine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUSTCOVER and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUSTCOVER
1 longer words begin with DUSTCOVER.
Shorter words from the letters in DUSTCOVER
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Common questions about DUSTCOVER
- Is DUSTCOVER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUSTCOVER, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUSTCOVER worth?
- DUSTCOVER is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUSTCOVER mean?
- A cover of cloth or plastic put over furniture or equipment to keep dust off it.
- What letters can be added to DUSTCOVER?
- DUSTCOVER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DUSTCOVER:
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