ANGELUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ANGELUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANGELUS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANGELUS is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANGELUS
No single letter turns ANGELUS into another word.
How ANGELUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ANGELUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What stands out about ANGELUS
- The same 7 tiles also spell 3 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 ANGELUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Catholic prayer said at morning, noon and evening, or the bell that announces it.
The prayer recalls the announcement to Mary, and church bells ring in groups before it. Painters and poets have used the quiet scene of workers pausing at the sound. The angelus is tied to fixed hours of the day.
How ANGELUS is used
Angelus names both the devotion and the bell rung for it.
- The angelus rang across the village at noon.
- Farmers paused in the field to say the angelus.
- The painting shows a couple praying the angelus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANGELUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANGELUS
The 7 tiles of ANGELUS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ANGELUS
1 longer words begin with ANGELUS.
Shorter words from the letters in ANGELUS
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Common questions about ANGELUS
- Is ANGELUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANGELUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANGELUS worth?
- ANGELUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANGELUS mean?
- A Catholic prayer said at morning, noon and evening, or the bell that announces it.
- What letters can be added to ANGELUS?
- No single letter can be added to ANGELUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ANGELUS:
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