AURA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. AURA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AURA?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AURA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AURA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AURA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AURA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does AURA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround a person, place, or thing.
An aura is not something you can point to directly. It is the general impression a place or person gives off, such as calm, menace, or authority, sensed rather than measured.
How AURA is used
Common in descriptive writing about mood or atmosphere; also used in alternative medicine for a supposed field around the body.
- The old castle had an aura of quiet menace.
- Her calm aura put the nervous patients at ease.
- The stadium filled with an aura of excitement before the match.
- He walked in with an aura of authority that silenced the room.
- The candlelight gave the room a peaceful aura.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AURA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AURA
10 longer words begin with AURA.
Words ending in AURA
2 words end in AURA. Useful as a back hook: play AURA onto a word already on the board.
Words with AURA inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain AURA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AURA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AURA
Common questions about AURA
- Is AURA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AURA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AURA worth?
- AURA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AURA mean?
- A distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround a person, place, or thing.
- What letters can be added to AURA?
- AURA takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AURA:
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