HYDROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HYDROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYDROUS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYDROUS is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYDROUS
No single letter turns HYDROUS into another word.
How HYDROUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HYDROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,303 thousand.
What does HYDROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistrytechnical
Containing water, especially water bound within a chemical compound or mineral.
Hydrous is the opposite of anhydrous, and geologists and chemists use the pair to say whether a mineral or salt holds water in its crystals. The word is seldom used outside these fields.
How HYDROUS is used
Hydrous is a scientific adjective used in chemistry, geology and materials science.
- Gypsum is a hydrous mineral.
- The hydrous form of the salt is heavier than the dry form.
- Heating drives the water out of the hydrous crystals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYDROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HYDROUS
The 7 tiles of HYDROUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in HYDROUS
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Common questions about HYDROUS
- Is HYDROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYDROUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYDROUS worth?
- HYDROUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYDROUS mean?
- Containing water, especially water bound within a chemical compound or mineral.
- What letters can be added to HYDROUS?
- No single letter can be added to HYDROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HYDROUS:
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