What DOWDIER Means
DOWDIER is a form of DOWDY, which means:
- adjective: lacking in smartness or taste“a dowdy grey outfit”
- adjective: primly out of date“nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game”
- noun: deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DOWDIER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 O1 W4 D2 I1 E1 R1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DOWDIER
86 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.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (15)
4 letter words (27)
DEIDDERODIDODIEDDIREDOERDOREDOWDDREWDROWEDDOIREDOWEDOWEROWREREDDREDORIDERODEROEDWEIDWEIRWEROWIDEWIREWORDWORE
3 letter words (25)
2 letter words (15)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.