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Definition, Scrabble score, anagrams & word-game reference
Yes. DOUR is a valid Scrabble word in the UnscrambleTools dictionary (4 letters, 5 base points). It is suitable for casual Scrabble, Words with Friends practice, and anagram study; official tournament lists (NASPA/WESPA) may differ slightly.
Part of speech: adjective
stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen, forbidding, grim, dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
DOUR scores 5 points before board multipliers.
Letter counts: D×1, O×1, R×1, U×1
DOUR is a 4-letter answer slot candidate. Filter by length 4, starts with D, ends with R, or contains letters from your crossing entries in the Crossword Solver and Pattern Finder.
Example: "DOUR — stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"" (5 Scrabble points).
DOUR is listed in the UnscrambleTools word-game dictionary used across our unscrambler, anagram, pattern, and scoring tools. Pages like this one exist so you can answer "Is DOUR a Scrabble word?" with data — not guesswork — before you play a tile or fill a crossword slot.
DOUR (adjective): showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd". Additional senses: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie; stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion".
In standard Scrabble scoring, DOUR totals 5 points before multipliers. That sum uses official letter values: common tiles (A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R) are worth 1, while D and G are 2, B, C, M, P are 3, F, H, V, W, Y are 4, K is 5, J and X are 8, and Q and Z are 10. DOUR relies mostly on common tiles, which often makes it easier to play from a mixed rack but caps the raw ceiling compared with high-premium words.
DOUR is 4 letters long, begins with D, ends with R, and sorts to the alphagram DORU. There are 4 anagrams in this dictionary sharing that exact letter bag. Letter makeup: 2 vowels, 2 consonants.
Among 21 tracked 4-letter entries, DOUR ranks by raw score (5 points). Anagram alternatives include DROU, DURO, ORDU, ROUD — useful when you need the same tiles with a different hook letter. Similar-length words in the same dictionary include ZIZZ, JAZZ, FIZZ, FUZZ; open their word pages to compare endings, vowel weight, and crossover potential.
Strategically, DOUR carries 2 vowels and 2 consonants. Its vowel-heavy shape often plays cleanly from racks with excess vowels. Hooks on D or R are common study angles; browse words starting with D and words ending with R to rehearse parallel sets.
DOUR is a 4-letter answer slot candidate. Filter by length 4, starts with D, ends with R, or contains letters from your crossing entries in the Crossword Solver and Pattern Finder. For American-style grids, 4-letter entries like DOUR frequently cross shorter words; knowing that DOUR contains D, O, R, U helps you test crossing letters quickly. When you only know a few cells, open the Crossword Solver with a pattern such as d??r to narrow candidates before checking definitions.
Notable letter pairs inside DOUR include DO, OU, UR — each links to a "contains" list for deeper drilling. Unique letters used: D, O, U, R. Letter-frequency tables on this site are built from the same dictionary that powers the Word Unscrambler, so list pages and word pages stay consistent.
Use UnscrambleTools tools together: unscramble dour directly in the Word Unscrambler, rehearse rearrangements in the Anagram Solver, filter crossword slots in the Pattern Finder, and verify 5 points in the Scrabble Score Calculator. Daily puzzle hints and Wordle practice pages share the same dictionary backbone, which keeps scores and validity aligned across the site.
Etymology: UnscrambleTools does not publish a full historical etymology for every rare word-game entry. When we detect recognizable English prefixes or suffixes, we note them in the definition section; otherwise treat DOUR as a playable vocabulary item for puzzles and study.
Example usage: Example: "DOUR — stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"" (5 Scrabble points). If you are validating a tournament list, cross-check NASPA or WESPA references — our dictionary optimizes for practical word-game coverage, including obscure but legal entries that appear in casual Scrabble and crossword construction.