DYVOUR is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DYVOUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DYVOUR?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DYVOUR is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DYVOUR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DYVOUR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DYVOUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What does DYVOUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotshistorical
In Scots, a person who is bankrupt or deeply in debt and unable to pay creditors.
Dyvour is a Scots legal and everyday word that has no neat one-word match in standard English. Old Scottish writers used it for a ruined debtor, often with a note of scorn. It lives today mostly in historical fiction and in studies of Scots law, and the related Scots spelling dyvoury is rarer still.
How DYVOUR is used
Scots and now chiefly historical; appears in older texts and literary imitation.
- The merchant ended his days a dyvour in the Edinburgh jail.
- Neighbours whispered that the laird had become a dyvour.
- Being called a dyvour was a heavy disgrace in the town.
- The old ballad names a dyvour who owed money to every shop.
- No dyvour could hold office under that law.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DYVOUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DYVOUR
3 longer words begin with DYVOUR.
Shorter words from the letters in DYVOUR
Common questions about DYVOUR
- Is DYVOUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DYVOUR, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DYVOUR worth?
- DYVOUR is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DYVOUR mean?
- In Scots, a person who is bankrupt or deeply in debt and unable to pay creditors.
- What letters can be added to DYVOUR?
- DYVOUR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DYVOUR:
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