ACARUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ACARUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACARUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACARUS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACARUS
No single letter turns ACARUS into another word.
How ACARUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ACARUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does ACARUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A mite, especially one of the small parasitic or free-living arachnids of the genus Acarus.
An acarus is smaller than most insects and often invisible without magnification, yet species in this genus and its relatives are responsible for conditions such as mange and grain infestation. Older natural history texts used acarus loosely for almost any mite before more detailed classification split the group into many separate genera. The word survives today mainly in older or general zoological writing.
How ACARUS is used
A term from zoology, used both for the genus Acarus and more loosely for mites in general.
- The sample under the microscope contained several specimens of acarus.
- An acarus infestation had damaged the stored grain.
- Older textbooks classed many mite species under the single name acarus.
- The vet identified the skin irritation as caused by an acarus.
- Naturalists once grouped ticks and mites together as varieties of acarus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACARUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACARUS
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Common questions about ACARUS
- Is ACARUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACARUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACARUS worth?
- ACARUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACARUS mean?
- A mite, especially one of the small parasitic or free-living arachnids of the genus Acarus.
- What letters can be added to ACARUS?
- No single letter can be added to ACARUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ACARUS:
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