How many words with DOG are there?

This page lists 214 words with DOG from our dictionary, each shown with its Scrabble score.

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Words With DOG

All 214 words in our dictionary that contain DOG — sorted by Scrabble score.

214 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first

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Why DOG words matter

Words containing DOG are handy for Scrabble, Words with Friends and word puzzles — filter the list above by length to find the play you need.

This list by the numbers

The shape of this list: 214 entries between 3 and 15 letters long, peaking at 8 letters with 43 words. Five-letter picks number 6 and seven-letter picks 37. Nothing here outscores DOGMATIZATIONS — 27 points from 14 tiles on plain squares.

Chasing points? The best five entries here are DOGMATIZATIONS (27), DOGMATIZATION (26), DOGMATIZING (25), PEPTIDOGLYCANS (25), DOGMATIZED (24). At 15 letters, STEROIDOGENESES is the longest word on the list; a typical entry scores around 14. If you are fishing for these words, keep G (214 appearances), D (214) and O (214) on your rack.

Start with these three

DOGEAR is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 8 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
DOGIES — a 6-letter, 8-point play that slots into tight board lanes where longer words won't fit.
Playing SEADOG across a double-word square turns its base 8 points into 16 — solid value for 6 tiles.

Five more everyday options from the same list: SUNDOG (8), DOGES (7), DOGIE (7), DOGE (6), DOGS (6).

Learning words through DOG

Groups like this one reward a different kind of practice: pick five words of different lengths from the list above, write each in a sentence, and the DOG pattern moves into long-term memory. It is also a quiet Scrabble edge — racks that spell DOG plus common tiles come up constantly, and prepared players cash them in while others shuffle letters.

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