AUROCHS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AUROCHS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUROCHS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUROCHS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUROCHS
No single letter turns AUROCHS into another word.
How AUROCHS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AUROCHS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does AUROCHS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An extinct large wild ox of Europe and Asia, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
The aurochs had long curved horns and stood taller than most modern cattle. The last known aurochs is thought to have died in Poland in the early seventeenth century. Cave paintings show the aurochs among the animals early people hunted.
How AUROCHS is used
The plural is the same as the singular; used in zoology and history.
- The aurochs once roamed the forests of Europe.
- Cave artists painted an aurochs with great horns.
- Breeders have tried to recreate the aurochs from old cattle breeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUROCHS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUROCHS
1 longer words begin with AUROCHS.
Shorter words from the letters in AUROCHS
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Common questions about AUROCHS
- Is AUROCHS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUROCHS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUROCHS worth?
- AUROCHS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUROCHS mean?
- An extinct large wild ox of Europe and Asia, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
- What letters can be added to AUROCHS?
- No single letter can be added to AUROCHS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AUROCHS:
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