ERUCT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ERUCT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERUCT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERUCT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERUCT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
eructsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERUCT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ERUCT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about ERUCT
- The same 5 tiles also spell 5 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 ERUCT mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To belch, expelling gas from the stomach noisily through the mouth.
Doctors and writers reach for eruct when the plain word belch feels too casual for the setting, especially in clinical notes describing digestion or discomfort after eating. The word comes from a Latin verb meaning to break out or throw up, the same root that gives English the geological term eructation used for a volcano violently ejecting material. Outside medicine, eruct sometimes appears in older or deliberately formal writing simply as a fancier stand-in for belch. Because it sounds unusual in ordinary conversation, the word is far more common in print than in everyday speech.
How ERUCT is used
A formal or slightly old-fashioned word for belch, more common in writing than in casual conversation.
- The patient reported a tendency to eruct after heavy meals.
- He tried politely not to eruct at the dinner table.
- The old manual advised infants be burped to help them eruct.
- She noted in her report that the condition caused him to eruct frequently.
- The character in the novel would eruct loudly for comic effect.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERUCT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERUCT
The 5 tiles of ERUCT in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with ERUCT
10 longer words begin with ERUCT.
Shorter words from the letters in ERUCT
Common questions about ERUCT
- Is ERUCT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERUCT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERUCT worth?
- ERUCT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERUCT mean?
- To belch, expelling gas from the stomach noisily through the mouth.
- What letters can be added to ERUCT?
- ERUCT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ERUCT:
Open ERUCT in the Word Finder