CIRRUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CIRRUS 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 CIRRUS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CIRRUS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIRRUS
No single letter turns CIRRUS into another word.
How CIRRUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CIRRUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 275,938.
What does CIRRUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A high, wispy white cloud made of ice crystals, appearing as thin streaks or curls across the sky at great altitude.
Cirrus takes its name from the Latin word for a curl or tuft, an image that fits the thin, feathery streaks these clouds trace far above ordinary weather, usually four to eight miles up. Meteorologists rank cirrus among the highest cloud types, forming when moisture freezes directly into ice crystals in the cold upper atmosphere, often signalling a change in the weather within a day or two. Biologists borrow the same word for an unrelated sense, using cirrus for a slender, thread-like appendage, such as the feathery legs a barnacle sweeps through the water to feed. Painters and poets alike have long used cirrus clouds as a picture of delicate, fleeting beauty in the sky.
How CIRRUS is used
Used mainly in meteorology for this cloud type, and occasionally in biology for a thread-like body part.
- Thin cirrus clouds streaked across the morning sky.
- The pilot noted a thin layer of cirrus far above the storm clouds.
- Under the microscope, the barnacle's cirrus swept tiny particles into its mouth.
- Photographers waited for the sunset to turn the cirrus a deep orange.
- A veil of cirrus often precedes a change in the weather.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIRRUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CIRRUS
1 longer words begin with CIRRUS.
Shorter words from the letters in CIRRUS
Common questions about CIRRUS
- Is CIRRUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIRRUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIRRUS worth?
- CIRRUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIRRUS mean?
- A high, wispy white cloud made of ice crystals, appearing as thin streaks or curls across the sky at great altitude.
- What letters can be added to CIRRUS?
- No single letter can be added to CIRRUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CIRRUS:
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