ARDOR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ARDOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARDOR?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARDOR is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARDOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ardorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARDOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ARDOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,428.
What does ARDOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
Great warmth of feeling, especially intense enthusiasm, passion, or eagerness for something.
Ardor is the standard American spelling of the same word that British writers spell ardour, and both forms trace back to a Latin word for burning or blazing heat. The word most often describes passionate enthusiasm for a cause, a subject of study, or a competitive game, as when someone pursues a project with real ardor, though it can describe romantic passion just as easily. An older, now uncommon sense used ardor almost literally, for the heat of the sun or of a flame, before the figurative sense of emotional heat took over completely. Writers often pair ardor with a verb such as cool or dampen to describe enthusiasm fading with time.
How ARDOR is used
Chiefly formal or literary; American spelling of ardour, describing passionate enthusiasm rather than simple interest.
- Nothing could cool his ardor for the project, not even repeated setbacks.
- She spoke about the research with real ardor.
- Their early ardor for the plan faded within a year.
- He courted her with an ardor that surprised his friends.
- The coach admired the team's ardor even after the loss.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARDOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARDOR
1 longer words begin with ARDOR.
Shorter words from the letters in ARDOR
Common questions about ARDOR
- Is ARDOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARDOR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARDOR worth?
- ARDOR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARDOR mean?
- Great warmth of feeling, especially intense enthusiasm, passion, or eagerness for something.
- What letters can be added to ARDOR?
- ARDOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ARDOR:
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