AUTEUR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AUTEUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTEUR?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTEUR is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTEUR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUTEUR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AUTEUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does AUTEUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A filmmaker, usually a director, whose personal style and creative control are strong enough that the films are seen as a reflection of that one artist.
Auteur is the French word for author, and film critics adopted it to argue that a great director shapes a movie the way a novelist shapes a book, even when many other people work on the film. The idea, known as auteur theory, treats recurring themes, visual choices, and obsessions across a director's films as evidence of a single guiding voice. Critics call someone an auteur when their films stay recognizable no matter who wrote the script or which actors appear. The word keeps its French spelling and pronunciation in English film writing rather than being translated as author.
How AUTEUR is used
Technical; used in film criticism and academic writing about cinema rather than in casual conversation about movies.
- Critics praised the director as a true auteur of modern cinema.
- The festival dedicated a program to a single European auteur.
- An auteur often writes, directs, and edits the same film.
- Her visual style marks her as an auteur among documentary makers.
- The book traces one auteur's career across four decades.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTEUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTEUR
5 longer words begin with AUTEUR.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTEUR
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Common questions about AUTEUR
- Is AUTEUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTEUR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTEUR worth?
- AUTEUR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTEUR mean?
- A filmmaker, usually a director, whose personal style and creative control are strong enough that the films are seen as a reflection of that one artist.
- What letters can be added to AUTEUR?
- AUTEUR takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AUTEUR:
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