AURORA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AURORA 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 AURORA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AURORA is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AURORA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AURORA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AURORA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 68,985.
What stands out about AURORA
- AURORA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AURORA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A natural display of colored light in the night sky, seen mainly near the polar regions and caused by charged particles from the sun striking the atmosphere.
Aurora describes the shifting curtains of green, red, and violet light that appear in the sky when particles streaming from the sun collide with gases high in the atmosphere. In the northern hemisphere the display is called the aurora borealis, and its southern counterpart is the aurora australis, though aurora alone often covers both. Sky watchers travel to places like Norway, Iceland, and Alaska specifically to see an aurora, since it appears far more often near the poles than near the equator. The Latin word aurora originally meant dawn, and the borrowed name reflects the way the lights can glow along the horizon like an early sunrise.
How AURORA is used
Common in everyday and scientific writing about astronomy and weather; often shortened from aurora borealis or aurora australis.
- The travelers waited outside all night hoping to see an aurora.
- A bright green aurora lit up the sky above the mountains.
- Scientists study how solar wind produces an aurora near the poles.
- Photographs of the aurora often show waves of shifting color.
- Locals say the aurora is strongest during the coldest months.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AURORA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AURORA
4 longer words begin with AURORA.
Shorter words from the letters in AURORA
Common questions about AURORA
- Is AURORA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AURORA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AURORA worth?
- AURORA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AURORA mean?
- A natural display of colored light in the night sky, seen mainly near the polar regions and caused by charged particles from the sun striking the atmosphere.
- What letters can be added to AURORA?
- AURORA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AURORA:
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