VODOU is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VODOU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VODOU?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VODOU is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VODOU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VODOU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VODOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 84,026.
What does VODOU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A religion practiced chiefly in Haiti that blends West African spiritual traditions, ancestor veneration, and elements of Roman Catholicism.
Vodou developed among enslaved West Africans and their descendants in Haiti, who preserved traditional spirits and rituals from their homelands while adapting Catholic saints and imagery under colonial rule. Practitioners honor a range of spirits, known as lwa, believed to interact with the human world and approached through ceremony, music, and dance. The word is also spelled voodoo in much English writing, though vodou is the spelling generally preferred by scholars and practitioners as closer to the Haitian Creole term. Popular fiction and film have often distorted vodou into sensational black magic, a portrayal that practitioners and scholars of the religion reject as inaccurate.
How VODOU is used
Vodou is used as a neutral, respectful term for the religion in scholarly and informed writing, distinct from the sensationalized voodoo of popular fiction.
- Vodou remains a widely practiced religion in Haiti today.
- The ceremony blended vodou ritual with Catholic prayer.
- Scholars of vodou study its West African origins in detail.
- She grew up attending vodou ceremonies with her grandmother.
- The documentary explained vodou without relying on old stereotypes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VODOU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VODOU
3 longer words begin with VODOU.
Shorter words from the letters in VODOU
Common questions about VODOU
- Is VODOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VODOU, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VODOU worth?
- VODOU is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VODOU mean?
- A religion practiced chiefly in Haiti that blends West African spiritual traditions, ancestor veneration, and elements of Roman Catholicism.
- What letters can be added to VODOU?
- VODOU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VODOU:
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