CUPREOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CUPREOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUPREOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUPREOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUPREOUS
No single letter turns CUPREOUS into another word.
How CUPREOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CUPREOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CUPREOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CUPREOUS
- CUPREOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CUPREOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Containing copper or having the look or colour of copper.
Chemists describe a cupreous ore when copper is present in it, while poets use the word for a reddish metallic glow. The Latin root is the same as in the symbol Cu.
How CUPREOUS is used
Used in chemistry, mineralogy and descriptive writing about copper-coloured things.
- The cupreous stain on the rock showed copper beneath.
- A cupreous sunset burned across the harbour.
- The alloy had a faint cupreous tint.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUPREOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CUPREOUS
The 8 tiles of CUPREOUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CUPREOUS
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Common questions about CUPREOUS
- Is CUPREOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUPREOUS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUPREOUS worth?
- CUPREOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUPREOUS mean?
- Containing copper or having the look or colour of copper.
- What letters can be added to CUPREOUS?
- No single letter can be added to CUPREOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CUPREOUS:
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