FUCOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FUCOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FUCOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUCOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUCOUS
No single letter turns FUCOUS into another word.
How FUCOUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FUCOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What does FUCOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Relating to or resembling the brown seaweeds of the genus Fucus.
Fucous is a rare botanical adjective for anything that belongs to the wracks, the tough brown seaweeds that cling to rocks on temperate shores. The word is built from Latin fucus, which meant a seaweed or a dye derived from one. Writers on the seashore occasionally use it for a fucous growth or a fucous colour, though most simply say seaweedy.
How FUCOUS is used
Rare and technical; found in older natural history writing.
- The tide left a fucous tangle along the breakwater.
- He noted the fucous fringe of the lower rocks.
- A fucous smell rose from the drying shore.
- The fucous growth was thickest where the waves struck.
- The naturalist sketched a fucous frond in his notebook.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUCOUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FUCOUS
Common questions about FUCOUS
- Is FUCOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUCOUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUCOUS worth?
- FUCOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUCOUS mean?
- Relating to or resembling the brown seaweeds of the genus Fucus.
- What letters can be added to FUCOUS?
- No single letter can be added to FUCOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FUCOUS:
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