EAU is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. EAU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EAU?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EAU is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EAU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EAU scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 374.
What stands out about EAU
- Every letter in EAU is a vowel, which makes it a way out of a rack with nothing but vowels on it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
Water — in French phrases borrowed into English.
Eau appears in English only inside borrowings: eau de cologne, eau de vie, eau de nil. On its own it means nothing to an English speaker, which is why word lists carry it and conversation never does.
How EAU is used
Chiefly in fixed French phrases.
- Eau de cologne is named after the city it came from.
- The word eau is French for water.
- Eau de vie is a spirit and not a mineral water.
- A colour called eau de nil is a pale green.
- Nobody uses eau in English outside a set phrase.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EAU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EAU
The 3 tiles of EAU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EAU
2 longer words begin with EAU.
Words ending in EAU
Showing 24 of 40 words that end in EAU. Useful as a back hook: play EAU onto a word already on the board.
Words with EAU inside
Showing 24 of 169 words that contain EAU somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EAU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EAU
Common questions about EAU
- Is EAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EAU, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EAU worth?
- EAU is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EAU mean?
- Water — in French phrases borrowed into English.
- What letters can be added to EAU?
- EAU takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EAU:
Open EAU in the Word Finder