ASURA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ASURA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASURA?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASURA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASURA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
asurasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASURA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ASURA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about ASURA
- ASURA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ASURA mean in Scrabble?
noun
In Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a powerful supernatural being often described as being in conflict with the gods.
An asura is not simply a demon in the Western sense but a being with great strength and ambition, whose stories often explore pride, power, and the struggle against the gods known as devas. Individual asuras appear across many Hindu epics and Puranic texts, some portrayed as villains and others as complex or even virtuous figures. In Buddhist cosmology an asura occupies one of the six realms of rebirth, marked by jealousy and constant conflict rather than pure evil. The word is used in English mainly by writers and translators discussing South and Southeast Asian mythology and religion.
How ASURA is used
Used in English chiefly in writing about Hindu and Buddhist mythology, philosophy, and religious texts.
- The epic describes a long war between the gods and the asura armies.
- One asura in the story gains power through years of devotion.
- Buddhist texts place the asura realm among the six states of rebirth.
- Scholars debate whether every asura should be read as purely evil.
- The temple carving showed an asura battling a heavenly warrior.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASURA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASURA
The 5 tiles of ASURA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ASURA
1 longer words begin with ASURA.
Words with ASURA inside
21 words contain ASURA in the middle. Words that start with ASURA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ASURA
Common questions about ASURA
- Is ASURA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASURA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASURA worth?
- ASURA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASURA mean?
- In Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a powerful supernatural being often described as being in conflict with the gods.
- What letters can be added to ASURA?
- ASURA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ASURA:
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