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Is dross a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dross is a Scrabble US word. The word dross is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is dross a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dross is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

DROSS,SORDS,

4-letter words (7 found)

DORS,DOSS,DSOS,ORDS,RODS,SODS,SORD,

3-letter words (9 found)

DOR,DOS,DSO,ODS,ORD,ORS,ROD,SOD,SOS,

2-letter words (5 found)

DO,OD,OR,OS,SO,

You can make 23 words from dross according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of dross

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Definitions and meaning of dross

dross

Alternative forms

  • drosse (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English drosse, dros, from Old English drōs, from Proto-Germanic *drōhs (“dregs, sediment”).

Also compare Old English drōsna, drōsne (“a ground, sediment, lees, dregs, dirt, ear wax”), from Proto-Germanic *drōhsnǭ, *drōhsnō (“dregs, sediment”), derived from *drōhs. Alternatively, this may be from *dragjō +‎ *-snō (“yeast, sediment”; compare *dragjō (“yeast”)), as if from *drēcg +‎ -sn.

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“sediment, yeast”).

Cognate with Scots dros, drose, drosse (“small particles, fragments, dross”), Middle Dutch droes (“dregs”), Dutch droesem (“dregs”), German Drusen (“lees, dregs”), Latin fracēs (“grounds or dregs of oil”). Related also to drast, dregs.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɹɒs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɹɔs/
  • (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /dɹɑs/
  • Rhymes: -ɒs, -ɔːs

Noun

dross (usually uncountable, plural drosses)

  1. Waste or impure matter.
  2. Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
    Synonyms: gangue, scoria
  3. The impurities in metal.
  4. A waste product from working with metal.
  5. (figurative) Worthless or trivial matter.
    Synonyms: junk, rubbish
  6. (slang) Residual raw opium left in an opium pipe which can be recycled for further sale or use.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:dross.

Derived terms

  • human dross
  • drosser
  • drossless
  • drossy

Translations

Verb

dross (third-person singular simple present drosses, present participle drossing, simple past and past participle drossed)

  1. (transitive) To remove dross from.

Anagrams

  • sords

Latvian

Adjective

dross (definite drosais, comparative drosāks, superlative visdrosākais, adverb drosi)

  1. (dialectal) brave, safe, sure; alternative form of drošs

Declension


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