DYING is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DYING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DYING?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DYING is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DYING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dyingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DYING scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DYING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does DYING mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Approaching death, or associated with the final moments before death.
Dying describes a person, animal, or plant in the process of losing life, as in a dying patient or a dying tree, and it extends easily to a dying fire that is losing its flame or a dying custom that is fading out of use. As a noun, the dying refers collectively to people who are close to death, and the same word figuratively expresses an intense wish, as in dying to know the answer.
How DYING is used
Used literally for approaching death and widely in figurative phrases for anything fading, weakening, or eagerly wanted.
- Nurses on the ward cared for several dying patients that week.
- He granted his father's dying wish to see the old house once more.
- The dying embers gave off just enough light to see by.
- Volunteers worked to preserve a dying language still spoken by a few elders.
- She was dying to open the letter the moment it arrived.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DYING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DYING
The 5 tiles of DYING in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DYING
4 longer words begin with DYING.
Words ending in DYING
Showing 24 of 51 words that end in DYING. Useful as a back hook: play DYING onto a word already on the board.
Words with DYING inside
8 words contain DYING in the middle. Words that start with DYING are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DYING
Common questions about DYING
- Is DYING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DYING, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DYING worth?
- DYING is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DYING mean?
- Approaching death, or associated with the final moments before death.
- What letters can be added to DYING?
- DYING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DYING:
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