ERUGO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ERUGO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERUGO?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERUGO is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERUGO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERUGO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ERUGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What stands out about ERUGO
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 ERUGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicchemistry
An old term for verdigris, the green or bluish crust that forms on copper, brass, or bronze as the metal weathers and corrodes.
Erugo comes from the Latin aerugo, the word Roman writers used for the greenish film that copper develops with age, long before modern chemistry explained the process as a reaction with air and moisture. Early physicians and apothecaries sometimes scraped erugo from old vessels to use, cautiously, as an ingredient in medicines and dyes, despite its mild toxicity. Modern chemistry describes the same substance more precisely as a mixture of copper carbonates and related compounds, and the everyday word verdigris has almost entirely replaced erugo in ordinary use. Today erugo survives mainly in older chemistry texts, historical medical writing, and discussions of how ancient bronze objects change color over centuries.
How ERUGO is used
An archaic and technical term, now largely replaced by verdigris in everyday writing about corroded copper and bronze.
- The old manuscript described scraping erugo from a corroded bronze lamp.
- Museum conservators explained how erugo forms naturally on ancient bronze.
- The apothecary's ledger listed erugo among its unusual ingredients.
- Centuries of weather had covered the statue in a layer of erugo.
- The chemistry text used erugo where a modern book would say verdigris.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERUGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERUGO
The 5 tiles of ERUGO in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ERUGO
1 longer words begin with ERUGO.
Words ending in ERUGO
1 words end in ERUGO. Useful as a back hook: play ERUGO onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERUGO inside
1 words contain ERUGO in the middle. Words that start with ERUGO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERUGO
Common questions about ERUGO
- Is ERUGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERUGO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERUGO worth?
- ERUGO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERUGO mean?
- An old term for verdigris, the green or bluish crust that forms on copper, brass, or bronze as the metal weathers and corrodes.
- What letters can be added to ERUGO?
- ERUGO takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ERUGO:
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