AURIST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AURIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AURIST?
| 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 AURIST is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AURIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
auristsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AURIST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AURIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does AURIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalhistorical
A doctor who specializes in diseases and disorders of the ear; an early term for an ear specialist.
Aurist joined the Latin root auris, meaning ear, to the same agent suffix found in words like dentist and chemist. Nineteenth-century medical writing used aurist for a doctor focused on hearing and ear disease, before the more technical word otologist took over in professional use. Older case reports and biographies still call such doctors an aurist, and the word turns up in period fiction whenever a character consults one about deafness. Today otologist and audiologist have mostly replaced aurist in clinical writing, leaving the older word to historical and literary contexts.
How AURIST is used
Historical; common in older medical writing and period fiction, replaced by otologist in current clinical use.
- The family consulted an aurist about the child's hearing loss.
- An aurist in the old novel treats a soldier's damaged ear.
- Victorian newspapers advertised the services of a local aurist.
- The biography describes her father as a respected aurist.
- Modern doctors use otologist where an aurist once served.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AURIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AURIST
1 longer words begin with AURIST.
Shorter words from the letters in AURIST
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Common questions about AURIST
- Is AURIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AURIST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AURIST worth?
- AURIST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AURIST mean?
- A doctor who specializes in diseases and disorders of the ear; an early term for an ear specialist.
- What letters can be added to AURIST?
- AURIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AURIST:
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