OUTDRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OUTDRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTDRESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTDRESS is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTDRESS
No single letter turns OUTDRESS into another word.
How OUTDRESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OUTDRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTDRESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OUTDRESS mean in Scrabble?
verb
To dress more elegantly or more expensively than another person.
Outdress suggests a quiet competition at parties, weddings or on the red carpet, where each guest tries to look best. It rarely means simply being well dressed; the comparison with someone else is built in. The word can be playful or a little catty.
How OUTDRESS is used
Used about rivals comparing clothes at social events.
- She hoped to outdress her cousin at the wedding.
- No one could outdress the host that evening.
- He did not try to outdress anybody, but a good suit helped.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTDRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTDRESS
3 longer words begin with OUTDRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTDRESS
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Common questions about OUTDRESS
- Is OUTDRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTDRESS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTDRESS worth?
- OUTDRESS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTDRESS mean?
- To dress more elegantly or more expensively than another person.
- What letters can be added to OUTDRESS?
- No single letter can be added to OUTDRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OUTDRESS:
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