DURA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DURA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DURA?
| 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 DURA is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DURA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DURA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DURA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about DURA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 DURA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
The tough outer membrane that surrounds and protects the brain and spinal cord.
Dura is short for dura mater, the thickest and outermost of the three layers, called meninges, that cushion the central nervous system. Doctors and anatomists use the short form dura routinely, while patients rarely encounter the word outside a medical report.
How DURA is used
Technical medical term, used mainly by clinicians and in anatomy texts.
- The surgeon carefully opened the dura to reach the injured tissue.
- A tear in the dura can allow spinal fluid to leak.
- The scan showed thickening of the dura near the injury.
- Blood had pooled between the skull and the dura.
- The dura protects the brain from the bone of the skull.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DURA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DURA
The 4 tiles of DURA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DURA
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with DURA.
Words ending in DURA
3 words end in DURA. Useful as a back hook: play DURA onto a word already on the board.
Words with DURA inside
Showing 24 of 55 words that contain DURA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DURA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DURA
Common questions about DURA
- Is DURA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DURA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DURA worth?
- DURA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DURA mean?
- The tough outer membrane that surrounds and protects the brain and spinal cord.
- What letters can be added to DURA?
- DURA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DURA:
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