ALGOR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ALGOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALGOR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALGOR is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALGOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
algorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALGOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALGOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about ALGOR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALGOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Coldness of the body, especially the chill that comes on at the start of a fever.
Algor rarely stands alone in modern usage and survives chiefly through the phrase algor mortis, the gradual cooling of a body after death that forensic examiners use, alongside rigor mortis and livor mortis, to help estimate how long ago someone died. Older medical writing used the bare word algor more broadly for any sudden chill accompanying illness, particularly the shivering stage that often precedes a rising fever. That general sense has faded from ordinary clinical language, leaving algor mortis as by far the most common context where the word still appears today.
How ALGOR is used
Chiefly found in the forensic term algor mortis; the bare word rarely appears outside older medical writing.
- The pathologist measured algor mortis to help estimate the time of death.
- Older case notes described the patient's algor before the fever broke fully.
- Algor mortis proceeds at a fairly predictable rate in a stable room temperature.
- The textbook explained algor as the chill stage preceding a fever spike.
- Investigators combined algor mortis readings with other evidence at the scene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALGOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALGOR
The 5 tiles of ALGOR in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ALGOR
8 longer words begin with ALGOR.
Shorter words from the letters in ALGOR
Common questions about ALGOR
- Is ALGOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALGOR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALGOR worth?
- ALGOR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALGOR mean?
- Coldness of the body, especially the chill that comes on at the start of a fever.
- What letters can be added to ALGOR?
- ALGOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALGOR:
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