AUGUR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AUGUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUGUR?
| 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 AUGUR is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUGUR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUGUR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AUGUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 77,456.
What does AUGUR mean in Scrabble?
verb
To foretell or serve as a sign of how a future event is likely to turn out, for better or worse.
The verb augur is used mainly in set phrases such as augur well or augur ill, describing signs that suggest how something now underway is likely to turn out, as when early reviews augur well for a film. It comes from the noun augur, the title of an official in ancient Rome whose task was to read the will of the gods in the flight and feeding patterns of birds, thunder, and other natural signs before major public decisions. In modern English the word is used almost only in this figurative sense, applied to sales figures, weather, or test results rather than to sacred birds. As a noun, augur still occasionally names the historical Roman office itself, mostly in writing about Roman religion and politics.
How AUGUR is used
Chiefly used in the phrases augur well and augur ill; the historical noun sense, a Roman religious official, appears mainly in writing about ancient Rome.
- The strong early sales augur well for the rest of the year.
- Dark clouds on the horizon seemed to augur a rough crossing.
- Ancient Rome consulted an augur before launching any major campaign.
- Nothing about the meeting augured well for the merger.
- The quiet opening chapter augurs the violence that follows later in the book.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUGUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUGUR
10 longer words begin with AUGUR.
Words with AUGUR inside
14 words contain AUGUR in the middle. Words that start with AUGUR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AUGUR
Common questions about AUGUR
- Is AUGUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUGUR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUGUR worth?
- AUGUR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUGUR mean?
- To foretell or serve as a sign of how a future event is likely to turn out, for better or worse.
- What letters can be added to AUGUR?
- AUGUR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AUGUR:
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