dole

Noun

a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
money received from the state
Money or other goods given as charity.
Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
A boundary; a landmark.
A void space left in tillage.
A sorrow or grief; dolour.
Dolus.

Verb

Verb Forms: doled, doling, doles

To distribute something, especially money or food, in small portions.
To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

Examples

I get my dole paid twice a week.
I've been on the dole for two years now.
The system would dole out tiles one by one, deciding his Scrabble fate.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal.

Synonyms

pogey, pogy, pancrack

Scrabble Score: 5

dole: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dole: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dole: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

dole: valid Words With Friends Word