ALLOSAUR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALLOSAUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLOSAUR?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLOSAUR is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLOSAUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
allosaursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALLOSAUR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALLOSAUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLOSAUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLOSAUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large, bipedal, meat-eating dinosaur of the late Jurassic period.
The allosaur walked on two powerful legs and hunted in what is now North America. It was somewhat smaller than the later tyrannosaurus but still a fearsome predator.
How ALLOSAUR is used
Allosaur is used in palaeontology and in books and museums about dinosaurs.
- The museum has a full skeleton of an allosaur.
- An allosaur likely stalked the plains in search of prey.
- Children crowded around the model allosaur with its sharp teeth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLOSAUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALLOSAUR
3 longer words begin with ALLOSAUR.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLOSAUR
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Common questions about ALLOSAUR
- Is ALLOSAUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLOSAUR, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLOSAUR worth?
- ALLOSAUR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLOSAUR mean?
- A large, bipedal, meat-eating dinosaur of the late Jurassic period.
- What letters can be added to ALLOSAUR?
- ALLOSAUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALLOSAUR:
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