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Is dropsy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dropsy is a Scrabble US word. The word dropsy is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is dropsy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dropsy is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

D2R1O1P3S1Y4

Is dropsy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dropsy is a Words With Friends word. The word dropsy is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

DROPSY,

5-letter words (7 found)

DORPS,DROPS,PRODS,PROSY,PYROS,SPROD,YORPS,

4-letter words (24 found)

DOPS,DOPY,DORP,DORS,DORY,DOYS,DROP,DRYS,ORDS,PODS,PORY,POSY,PROD,PROS,PRYS,PYRO,RODS,ROPY,ROSY,SORD,SPOD,SPRY,YODS,YORP,

3-letter words (21 found)

DOP,DOR,DOS,DOY,DRY,DSO,ODS,OPS,ORD,ORS,OYS,POD,POS,PRO,PRY,ROD,SOD,SOP,SOY,SPY,YOD,

2-letter words (9 found)

DO,OD,OP,OR,OS,OY,PO,SO,YO,

You can make 62 words from dropsy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dropsy

dropsy

Etymology

From Middle English dropesie, idropesie, from Old French idropsie, ydropisie, from Latin hydrōps, from Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and hydrops.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdrɒp.si/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑp.si/

Noun

dropsy (usually uncountable, plural dropsies)

  1. (archaic) Edema, swelling.
    • 1911, Joseph Addison, Encyclopædia Britannica:
      The disease under which Addison laboured appears to have been asthma. It became more violent after his retirement from office, and was now accompanied by dropsy.

Synonyms

  • water sickness

Derived terms

  • dropsical
  • dropsically
  • wind dropsy

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