DUTY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DUTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUTY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUTY is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUTY
No single letter turns DUTY into another word.
How DUTY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DUTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does DUTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A moral or legal obligation.
Duty and duly come from the same word about what is owed, and the tax sense is the oldest of the three uses in English. Something owed to the state and something owed to a person are one idea.
How DUTY is used
Countable and uncountable.
- A duty that nobody wanted and somebody had to take.
- The word duty comes from what is owed.
- Customs duty is the oldest English sense of the word.
- Duty and duly share their origin.
- On duty until six and off it by five past.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DUTY
Common questions about DUTY
- Is DUTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUTY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUTY worth?
- DUTY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUTY mean?
- A moral or legal obligation.
- What letters can be added to DUTY?
- No single letter can be added to DUTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DUTY:
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