DURO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DURO 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 DURO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DURO is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DURO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DURO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DURO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What does DURO mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalregional
A former Spanish silver coin, also used as the name of the five-peseta coin and, historically, in parts of Spanish America.
The duro was a substantial silver coin, and its name lived on in Spanish slang long after the coin itself left circulation, much as the American word buck outlasted the silver dollar. The term still turns up in older Spanish and Latin American writing about money.
How DURO is used
Historical currency term; appears in Spanish-language and Latin American contexts and their translations.
- The old man still called five pesetas a duro.
- He paid the fare with a single silver duro.
- The novel describes a peasant saving every duro he earned.
- A duro bought far more in 1850 than it did a century later.
- Collectors prize the old duro for its heavy silver content.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DURO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DURO
The 4 tiles of DURO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DURO
7 longer words begin with DURO.
Words ending in DURO
2 words end in DURO. Useful as a back hook: play DURO onto a word already on the board.
Words with DURO inside
8 words contain DURO in the middle. Words that start with DURO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DURO
Common questions about DURO
- Is DURO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DURO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DURO worth?
- DURO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DURO mean?
- A former Spanish silver coin, also used as the name of the five-peseta coin and, historically, in parts of Spanish America.
- What letters can be added to DURO?
- DURO takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DURO:
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