AROUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AROUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AROUSE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AROUSE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AROUSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AROUSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AROUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,372.
What does AROUSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To awaken or stir up a feeling, response, or state of alertness in someone, or to excite someone sexually.
Arouse can describe waking a person physically from sleep, stirring an emotion such as suspicion, curiosity, or anger, or triggering sexual excitement, and the intended sense usually becomes clear from context. Writers often pair arouse with an abstract noun, as in arouse suspicion or arouse sympathy, to show that a feeling has been brought into being rather than simply increased. The verb traces back to the older word rouse, with the added prefix a- reinforcing the idea of setting something into motion.
How AROUSE is used
A common transitive verb used in both everyday and formal writing, most often followed by a noun naming the feeling produced.
- The strange noise outside was enough to arouse her from a deep sleep.
- His nervous behavior began to arouse suspicion among the guards.
- The speech was designed to arouse strong emotion in the crowd.
- Nothing could arouse the sleeping cat from its afternoon nap.
- The mystery novel's opening chapter tries hard to arouse curiosity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AROUSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AROUSE
4 longer words begin with AROUSE.
Shorter words from the letters in AROUSE
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Common questions about AROUSE
- Is AROUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AROUSE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AROUSE worth?
- AROUSE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AROUSE mean?
- To awaken or stir up a feeling, response, or state of alertness in someone, or to excite someone sexually.
- What letters can be added to AROUSE?
- AROUSE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AROUSE:
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