DUSTY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DUSTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUSTY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUSTY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUSTY
No single letter turns DUSTY into another word.
How DUSTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DUSTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does DUSTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Covered with, full of, or resembling fine particles of dust.
Dusty describes surfaces, roads, or rooms where a fine layer of dry particles has settled, often suggesting neglect or long disuse, as with a dusty attic or a dusty old book. The word also extends figuratively to ideas, laws, or traditions that seem old-fashioned and forgotten, as in a dusty rulebook. In some uses dusty simply describes a muted, greyish shade of a colour, as in dusty pink.
How DUSTY is used
Comparative and superlative are dustier and dustiest; commonly paired with nouns like road, shelf, or attic.
- They found a dusty box of photographs in the attic.
- The dusty road stretched for miles across the plain.
- She wiped the dusty shelf before setting down the vase.
- His dusty boots left marks across the kitchen floor.
- The curtains were a soft, dusty shade of blue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUSTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DUSTY
The 5 tiles of DUSTY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in DUSTY
1 words end in DUSTY. Useful as a back hook: play DUSTY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DUSTY
Common questions about DUSTY
- Is DUSTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUSTY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUSTY worth?
- DUSTY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUSTY mean?
- Covered with, full of, or resembling fine particles of dust.
- What letters can be added to DUSTY?
- No single letter can be added to DUSTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DUSTY:
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