DWALM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. DWALM 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DWALM?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DWALM is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DWALM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dwalmsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DWALM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DWALM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does DWALM mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A sudden spell of faintness or sickness; a swoon.
A dwalm strikes someone physically, as a wave of dizziness or nausea that passes as quickly as it comes, which sets it apart from a dwam, the Scots word for a mental daze or absent stare rather than bodily illness. Older Scots speech used dwalm for that brief, unwelcome turn of sickness.
How DWALM is used
Countable: a dwalm, several dwalms. Scots.
- A dwalm came over her and she had to sit down.
- The old woman said a dwalm passed through the whole house that spring.
- He felt a dwalm coming on and gripped the rail.
- Doctors in the old records called such a turn a dwalm.
- The child had a dwalm after standing too long in the sun.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DWALM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DWALM
3 longer words begin with DWALM.
Shorter words from the letters in DWALM
Common questions about DWALM
- Is DWALM valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DWALM is not in it.
- How many points is DWALM worth?
- DWALM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DWALM mean?
- A sudden spell of faintness or sickness; a swoon.
- What letters can be added to DWALM?
- DWALM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DWALM:
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