VANDYKE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. VANDYKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VANDYKE?
| 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: 62 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VANDYKE is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VANDYKE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VANDYKE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VANDYKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does VANDYKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A broad collar or edging cut into deep points, in the fashion shown in portraits by Anthony Van Dyck.
A vandyke is named after the painter, who often showed sitters in such lace collars. The same word is used for each of the large points along the border of a garment, and for a short pointed beard.
How VANDYKE is used
A term from dress history, where vandyke is often written with capitals as Vandyke.
- The portrait shows a gentleman in a lace vandyke.
- Each vandyke along the hem was edged in silver thread.
- The costume designer added a vandyke collar to the doublet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VANDYKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VANDYKE
2 longer words begin with VANDYKE.
Shorter words from the letters in VANDYKE
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Common questions about VANDYKE
- Is VANDYKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VANDYKE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VANDYKE worth?
- VANDYKE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VANDYKE mean?
- A broad collar or edging cut into deep points, in the fashion shown in portraits by Anthony Van Dyck.
- What letters can be added to VANDYKE?
- VANDYKE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VANDYKE:
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