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Is dory a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dory is a Scrabble US word. The word dory is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

D2O1R1Y4

Is dory a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dory is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

D2O1R1Y4

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4-letter words (1 found)

DORY,

3-letter words (6 found)

DOR,DOY,DRY,ORD,ROD,YOD,

2-letter words (5 found)

DO,OD,OR,OY,YO,

You can make 12 words from dory according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dory

dory odry droy rdoy ordy rody doyr odyr dyor ydor oydr yodr dryo rdyo dyro ydro rydo yrdo oryd royd oyrd yord ryod yrod

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Definitions and meaning of dory

dory

Etymology 1

Attested in American English from 1709 C.E.; possibly derived from an indigenous language of the West Indies or Central America, perhaps Miskito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔːɹi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹi

Noun

dory (plural dories)

  1. (nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English dorry, from Old French doree, past participle of dorer (“to gild”), from Latin deauratus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔːɹi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹi

Noun

dory (plural dories)

  1. Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
Derived terms
  • bastard dory
Translations

Adjective

dory (comparative more dory, superlative most dory)

  1. (obsolete) Of a bright yellow or golden color.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru).

Noun

dory (plural dories or dorata)

  1. A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.
    • 2011 (republished 2014 as an e-book), Chris McNab, A History of the World in 100 Weapons, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, →ISBN, page 37:
      The principal weapon of the hoplite was the dory spear. It was unusually long – it could measure up to 10ft (3m) in length, and weighed about 4.4lb (2kg). At one end was a broad, leaf-pattern spearhead, while at the other end was a metal spike called a sauroter. The purpose of the spike is much debated: it almost certainly acted as a counterbalance, making the spear easier to hold and wield; it could have been used as an improvised spear point, or for making downward attacks on the enemy's exposed feet; or it might even have been embedded in the ground to keep the spear in place.
Alternative forms
  • doru

Further reading

  • dory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • dory (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • dory (spear) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “dory”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

See also

  • hunky dory (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • dyor

Source: wiktionary.org