ARGUS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ARGUS 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 ARGUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARGUS is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARGUS
Front hooks — 1
sargusBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ARGUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ARGUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about ARGUS
- 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 ARGUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large pheasant of Southeast Asia, the male of which displays huge, eye-spotted wing and tail feathers to attract a mate.
The great argus lives in the forests of Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo, and during courtship the male spreads its enormous secondary wing feathers into a wide fan covered with rows of eye-like markings. The bird takes its name from Argus, the many-eyed watchman of Greek mythology, and the same myth gives English the adjective argus-eyed, describing someone extremely alert and watchful. Beyond the pheasant, the word argus is also used for certain small brown butterflies whose wings carry similar eye-like markings near the edge. Naturalists of earlier centuries wrote in awe of the courtship display performed by the male argus, and it remains one of the more elaborate mating rituals known among birds.
How ARGUS is used
Chiefly a naturalist's term for the pheasant; the related phrase argus-eyed describes someone unusually watchful.
- The great argus is prized in aviaries for its extraordinary tail display.
- Naturalists filmed the male argus fanning its wings for a watching female.
- A small brown argus butterfly settled on the fence post.
- The guard was famously argus-eyed, missing nothing that passed the gate.
- Early travelers wrote in awe of the argus pheasant and its courtship dance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARGUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARGUS
The 5 tiles of ARGUS in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ARGUS
1 longer words begin with ARGUS.
Words ending in ARGUS
3 words end in ARGUS. Useful as a back hook: play ARGUS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARGUS inside
3 words contain ARGUS in the middle. Words that start with ARGUS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARGUS
Common questions about ARGUS
- Is ARGUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARGUS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARGUS worth?
- ARGUS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARGUS mean?
- A large pheasant of Southeast Asia, the male of which displays huge, eye-spotted wing and tail feathers to attract a mate.
- What letters can be added to ARGUS?
- ARGUS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ARGUS:
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