ATROCIOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ATROCIOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATROCIOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATROCIOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATROCIOUS
No single letter turns ATROCIOUS into another word.
How ATROCIOUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ATROCIOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ATROCIOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ATROCIOUS
- ATROCIOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ATROCIOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Shockingly cruel or wicked, or in everyday speech, extremely bad in quality.
At its strongest, atrocious describes acts of cruelty that provoke horror. Casually it is exaggeration for something unpleasant, like terrible food or awful weather.
How ATROCIOUS is used
Atrocious can be serious when about cruelty and jokey when about bad manners, weather or handwriting.
- The report described atrocious crimes committed during the war.
- The weather all week was atrocious.
- His handwriting is atrocious, so nobody can read his notes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATROCIOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ATROCIOUS
3 longer words begin with ATROCIOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in ATROCIOUS
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Common questions about ATROCIOUS
- Is ATROCIOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATROCIOUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATROCIOUS worth?
- ATROCIOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATROCIOUS mean?
- Shockingly cruel or wicked, or in everyday speech, extremely bad in quality.
- What letters can be added to ATROCIOUS?
- No single letter can be added to ATROCIOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ATROCIOUS:
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