GOOR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. GOOR 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 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GOOR?
| 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 GOOR is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOOR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOOR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GOOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,780.
What does GOOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
Unrefined cane sugar in a solid block, known in English as gur or jaggery.
Goor is a coarse, dark sugar made by boiling down sugar-cane juice without refining it, widely used in South Asian cooking and traded in solid lumps or cakes. It is the same product more often written gur in English texts about Indian food.
How GOOR is used
Used mainly in writing about South Asian cuisine or agriculture; the spelling gur is more frequent.
- The recipe calls for a block of goor instead of white sugar.
- Farmers sold goor at the market alongside raw cane.
- Tea sweetened with goor has a deeper, smoky taste.
- She melted the goor slowly before adding the spices.
- Traditional sweets are often made with goor rather than refined sugar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GOOR
8 longer words begin with GOOR.
Shorter words from the letters in GOOR
Common questions about GOOR
- Is GOOR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GOOR is not in it.
- How many points is GOOR worth?
- GOOR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOOR mean?
- Unrefined cane sugar in a solid block, known in English as gur or jaggery.
- What letters can be added to GOOR?
- GOOR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GOOR:
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