The word dowd is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • dowd n. (Archaic) A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.
  • dowd n. Any of various European moths of the genus Blastobasis.
  • Dowd prop.n. A surname from Irish.

14 valid words from 3 definitions

ANY ARCHAIC DOWDY ESPECIALLY FROM FRUMP GENUS MOTHS OF PERSON SURNAME THE VARIOUS WOMAN

3 invalid words from 3 definitions

BLASTOBASIS EUROPEAN IRISH

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

DO DOW OW

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

OD WO

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

DAWD DOWF DOWL DOWN DOWP DOWS DOWT GOWD

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

DOD DOW

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

DOWED

11 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

DOWDS DOWDY DOWDIER DOWDIES DOWDILY DOWDIEST DOWDYISH DOWDYISM DOWDINESS DOWDYISMS DOWDINESSES

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

PANDOWDY PANDOWDIES

3 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+E DOWED
+S DOWDS
+Y DOWDY

3 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-D DOW
-W DOD ODD

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 195 chance (0.51%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1167 chance (0.09%).

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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