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Dross

Dross is a 5 letter word, used as a noun, an SAT word with Middle English origins, and has the letters dorss (dors). Starts with d, ends with s, four consonants, one vowel and one syllable.

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5 Letters
4 Consonants
1 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use dross as a noun in a sentence.
About Dross
A 1 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters d, o, r, and s, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter o. Dross starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, dr, dro, dros, and the ending characters are s, ss, oss, ross, . Dross is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
Worthless material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Dross is set as a sat word that starts with d, ends with s, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
Scrabble
Is dross a scrabble word? A 6 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Dross in Pig Latin is said as "ossdray or ossdrway".
Unigram
d | r | o | s | s
Bigram
dr | ro | os | ss
Trigram
dro | ros | oss
Quadrigram
dros | ross
Word Gram
Noun Examples
worthless material that should be removed;
"there were impurities in the water"
the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Dross"

There are 95 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to dross.

SynonymDefinition
Alluvial Deposit
Alluvial Sediment
Alluvionclay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Alluviumclay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Ashany of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
Ashes
Ash Tree
Bladethe flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
Blotan act that brings discredit to the person who does it
"he made a huge blot on his copybook"
Blowforceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
"he gave his nose a loud blow"
"he blew out all the candles with a single puff"

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from dross.
Anagram Definition
Drossworthless material that should be removed
"there were impurities in the water"

View English words with the unique letters used in dross. Words With The Letters Dors

Hypernyms

Dross has 4 hypernyms.
Word Definition
Wastewaste away
"Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
Waste Material
Waste Matter
Waste Product

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word dross.

Is dross a scrabble word or can you use dross in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 65354 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 38318 games. This 5 letter 6 point scrabble word can be rearranged 60 ways. What other words can be made with the letters d, o, r, and s? There's 21 with 7 letters or less with the letters d, o, r, and s. Here is a list of 21 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Doctor (6 letters) 9 +3 10 +4 doctor
Scrod (5 letters) 8 +2 9 +3 cords
Boards (6 letters) 9 +3 10 +4 adsorb
Cords (5 letters) 8 +2 9 +3 cords
Doorway (7 letters) 14 +8 13 +7 doorway
Sword (5 letters) 9 +3 9 +3 dorsw
Sudor (5 letters) 6 7 +1 sudor
Words (5 letters) 9 +3 9 +3 dorsw
Roads (5 letters) 6 6 roads
Dross (5 letters) 6 6 dross
Adsorb (6 letters) 9 +3 10 +4 adsorb
Drowsy (6 letters) 13 +7 12 +6 drowsy
Arduous (7 letters) 8 +2 10 +4 arduous
Odorous (7 letters) 8 +2 9 +3 odorous
Towards (7 letters) 11 +5 11 +5 towards
Sordo (5 letters) 6 6 odosr
Dorts (5 letters) 6 6 dorts
Rods (4 letters) 5 5 dors
Sardo (5 letters) 6 6 roads
Ardours (7 letters) 8 +2 9 +3 adorrsu
Broads (6 letters) 9 +3 10 +4 adsorb

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