FULVOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FULVOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FULVOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FULVOUS is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FULVOUS
No single letter turns FULVOUS into another word.
How FULVOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FULVOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,211 thousand.
What does FULVOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of a dull reddish-yellow or brownish-yellow colour; tawny.
Naturalists reach for fulvous when describing fur, feathers or petals that are neither plain yellow nor plain brown. It also appears in species names such as the fulvous whistling duck.
How FULVOUS is used
Fulvous is used mainly in zoology and botany for animal and plant colouring.
- The fox had a fulvous coat with a white tip on its tail.
- A fulvous patch marked the bird on its wing.
- The autumn grass turned fulvous in the dry weeks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FULVOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FULVOUS
Common questions about FULVOUS
- Is FULVOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FULVOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FULVOUS worth?
- FULVOUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FULVOUS mean?
- Of a dull reddish-yellow or brownish-yellow colour; tawny.
- What letters can be added to FULVOUS?
- No single letter can be added to FULVOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FULVOUS:
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