CANOROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANOROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANOROUS?
| 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 CANOROUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANOROUS
No single letter turns CANOROUS into another word.
How CANOROUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CANOROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANOROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANOROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryrare
Having a rich, pleasant, melodious sound, especially in singing or speech.
A canorous voice is not merely loud; it carries a ringing, tuneful quality that pleases the ear. Writers reach for canorous when plain words like "musical" feel too flat for the effect they want.
How CANOROUS is used
Canorous appears mostly in literary or deliberately elevated prose about voices, birds and bells.
- The canorous voice of the old tenor filled the whole hall.
- A canorous thrush sang from the top of the hedge at dawn.
- She read the poem in a canorous murmur that held the room still.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANOROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANOROUS
3 longer words begin with CANOROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in CANOROUS
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Common questions about CANOROUS
- Is CANOROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANOROUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANOROUS worth?
- CANOROUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANOROUS mean?
- Having a rich, pleasant, melodious sound, especially in singing or speech.
- What letters can be added to CANOROUS?
- No single letter can be added to CANOROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CANOROUS:
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