AUSUBO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AUSUBO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUSUBO?
| 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 AUSUBO is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUSUBO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ausubosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUSUBO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AUSUBO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does AUSUBO mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyCaribbean
A large evergreen tropical tree native to the Caribbean and northern South America, valued for its heavy, durable timber and its rubbery sap.
The ausubo grows tall and straight in Caribbean forests, and its dense, reddish wood has long been prized for construction, flooring and shipbuilding because it resists rot and insect damage so well. Tappers also collect a milky sap from the ausubo, which can be processed into a natural rubber-like gum similar to balata. In Puerto Rico the ausubo became so valuable for timber that heavy logging reduced its numbers in the wild, prompting later efforts to protect remaining old trees. Botanists classify the ausubo within the same genus as several other tropical trees known for both their tough wood and their latex.
How AUSUBO is used
A regional Caribbean name for the tree, met mainly in writing about tropical forestry, timber and Puerto Rican natural history.
- Shipbuilders once prized ausubo timber for its resistance to rot.
- The old floor was laid with planks of dense ausubo wood.
- Tappers collected sap from the ausubo to make a rubbery gum.
- Conservationists worked to protect the last old-growth ausubo trees.
- The forest canopy included several towering ausubo among the palms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUSUBO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUSUBO
1 longer words begin with AUSUBO.
Shorter words from the letters in AUSUBO
Common questions about AUSUBO
- Is AUSUBO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUSUBO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUSUBO worth?
- AUSUBO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUSUBO mean?
- A large evergreen tropical tree native to the Caribbean and northern South America, valued for its heavy, durable timber and its rubbery sap.
- What letters can be added to AUSUBO?
- AUSUBO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AUSUBO:
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