GYRUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GYRUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GYRUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GYRUS is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GYRUS
No single letter turns GYRUS into another word.
How GYRUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GYRUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does GYRUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A raised ridge on the surface of the brain, bounded on either side by a groove called a sulcus.
The human brain's outer surface is folded into a repeating pattern of ridges and grooves, and each individual ridge is called a gyrus, while the narrow valley beside it is a sulcus. This folding lets a much larger area of brain tissue fit inside the skull than a smooth surface ever could, which is one reason the human cortex looks so wrinkled compared with smoother-brained animals. Specific gyri are tied to particular functions, so doctors and researchers name individual ones, such as the precentral gyrus, when describing regions responsible for movement or sensation. Damage to a single gyrus, whether from injury or disease, can affect a surprisingly precise and limited set of abilities depending on exactly where it sits.
How GYRUS is used
A standard anatomical and medical term; almost always paired with a specific name, as in the precentral gyrus.
- The scan pinpointed damage to a single gyrus near the temple.
- Students learned to trace each major gyrus on a plastic brain model.
- The precentral gyrus plays a central role in controlling movement.
- Surgeons worked carefully around the gyrus to avoid nearby tissue.
- A deep groove separated that gyrus from the one beside it on the scan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GYRUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GYRUS
The 5 tiles of GYRUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GYRUS
1 longer words begin with GYRUS.
Shorter words from the letters in GYRUS
Common questions about GYRUS
- Is GYRUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GYRUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GYRUS worth?
- GYRUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GYRUS mean?
- A raised ridge on the surface of the brain, bounded on either side by a groove called a sulcus.
- What letters can be added to GYRUS?
- No single letter can be added to GYRUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GYRUS:
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