CEROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CEROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CEROUS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CEROUS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CEROUS
Front hooks — 1
acerousBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CEROUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CEROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What stands out about CEROUS
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CEROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Of, relating to, or containing cerium in its trivalent, or cerium(III), chemical state.
Chemists use cerous specifically for compounds in which cerium carries a valence of three, distinguishing them from ceric compounds, in which cerium instead carries a valence of four. Cerous salts, such as cerous chloride, tend to differ in colour and reactivity from their ceric counterparts, which matters in industrial processes like glass polishing and catalytic converters. The distinction between cerous and ceric forms became important once cerium's two common oxidation states were understood in the nineteenth century. Outside chemistry the word is essentially never used.
How CEROUS is used
A technical adjective confined to inorganic chemistry, describing cerium compounds of a particular valence.
- The laboratory prepared a solution of cerous chloride for the experiment.
- Cerous compounds behave differently from their ceric counterparts.
- The report described the cerous state of the cerium sample.
- Students learned to distinguish cerous salts from ceric salts.
- A cerous oxide layer formed on the surface of the metal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CEROUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CEROUS
The 6 tiles of CEROUS in a different order — 4 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CEROUS
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Common questions about CEROUS
- Is CEROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CEROUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CEROUS worth?
- CEROUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CEROUS mean?
- Of, relating to, or containing cerium in its trivalent, or cerium(III), chemical state.
- What letters can be added to CEROUS?
- CEROUS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CEROUS:
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