Dozen

/ˈdʌzən/

Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:16 pts5 letters
Definition of Dozen

noun

  1. A set of twelve.

    "Can I have a dozen eggs, please?"

  2. (as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.

    "There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page."

  3. An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
Anagrams of Dozen

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "dozen":

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "dozen" and rearranging:

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Dozen"

Dozen is a 5-letter word that scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "dozen" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Dozen" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "dozen" is a high-scoring word. It contains the letter Z, which is worth 10 points.