FURR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. FURR is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FURR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FURR is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FURR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FURR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FURR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does FURR mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To furrow the ground, cutting a long trench with a plough, in Scots dialect usage; also used as a noun for the furrow itself, spelled feer.
Ploughmen used furr both as the action of cutting a straight trench in a field and as the name for the trench once it was cut, much like the standard English word furrow does today. The dialect spelling furr appears mainly in older Scots farming records.
How FURR is used
Found mainly in older Scots farming vocabulary.
- He walked behind the plough to furr the lower field.
- Rain filled every furr before the seed went in.
- The old farmer still called each furr by its dialect name.
- They furr the ground in straight lines before planting.
- A single furr ran the length of the hillside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FURR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FURR
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with FURR.
Words with FURR inside
2 words contain FURR in the middle. Words that start with FURR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FURR
Common questions about FURR
- Is FURR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FURR is not in it.
- How many points is FURR worth?
- FURR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FURR mean?
- To furrow the ground, cutting a long trench with a plough, in Scots dialect usage; also used as a noun for the furrow itself, spelled feer.
- What letters can be added to FURR?
- FURR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FURR:
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