dumsor

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6

Definition of dumsor

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (colloquial, uncountable)blackout, load shedding, particularly when occurring frequently but in no discernible regular pattern.
    “The end of ‘dumsor’ comes just at the end of the timeline that the Minister of Power, Mr Kwabena Donkor, gave that he would resign if the load shedding did not end. In March this year, Dr Donkor obligated himself to end dumsor by the end of December 2015.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Akan dum (“to extinguish, to quench”) + sɔ (“to turn on, light”).

Anagrams of dumsor

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

Best play dorsum 9 points

Find your best play with dumsor

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes dumsor, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.