OUTDO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OUTDO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTDO?
| 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 OUTDO is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTDO
No single letter turns OUTDO into another word.
How OUTDO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OUTDO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,009.
What stands out about OUTDO
- OUTDO begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OUTDO mean in Scrabble?
verb
To do better than another person or thing, or to surpass a previous effort or achievement.
People reach for the verb outdo whenever a contest turns into one-upmanship, from siblings racing to finish chores first to companies chasing a rival's latest product. The idea goes back to a simple pairing of out- with do, so the sense of going one step further than someone else has stayed clear for centuries. Writers also use it self-mockingly, as when a character insists on outdoing their own earlier boast.
How OUTDO is used
Used when people, teams or brands compete to outdo one another, often with friendly rivalry.
- Each contestant tried to outdo the last with a bolder trick.
- He always outdoes his brother at chess.
- Not to be outdone, she doubled her own bid.
- The festival aims to outdo last year's turnout.
- They kept outdoing one another with more elaborate excuses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTDO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTDO
19 longer words begin with OUTDO.
Words with OUTDO inside
1 words contain OUTDO in the middle. Words that start with OUTDO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTDO
Common questions about OUTDO
- Is OUTDO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTDO, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTDO worth?
- OUTDO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTDO mean?
- To do better than another person or thing, or to surpass a previous effort or achievement.
- What letters can be added to OUTDO?
- No single letter can be added to OUTDO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OUTDO:
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