AUREOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AUREOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUREOLE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUREOLE is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUREOLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUREOLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AUREOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,090.
What does AUREOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A circle of light surrounding a figure, especially a halo in religious art.
Beyond painting, an aureole is the glowing ring seen around the sun or moon. In geology it names the zone of rock changed by heat around an igneous intrusion.
How AUREOLE is used
Aureole is used for halos in art, glowing rings in the sky and altered rock zones.
- A gold aureole shone behind the saint.
- The moon wore a faint aureole in the cold air.
- Geologists mapped the aureole around the granite.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUREOLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUREOLE
2 longer words begin with AUREOLE.
Shorter words from the letters in AUREOLE
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Common questions about AUREOLE
- Is AUREOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUREOLE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUREOLE worth?
- AUREOLE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUREOLE mean?
- A circle of light surrounding a figure, especially a halo in religious art.
- What letters can be added to AUREOLE?
- AUREOLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AUREOLE:
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