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DIRTY

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What DIRTY Means

  1. adjective: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime“dirty unswept sidewalks”
  2. adjective: (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency“dirty words”
  3. verb: make soiled, filthy, or dirty“don't soil your clothes when you play outside!”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DIRTY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 R1 T1 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In DIRTY

14 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (3)

3 letter words (7)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing DIRTY

DIRTY appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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