KNAUR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. KNAUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KNAUR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KNAUR is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KNAUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
knaursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KNAUR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KNAUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does KNAUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A hard knot or gnarled lump in wood, especially a rounded swelling on the trunk or branch of a tree.
Knaur names the same rough, tangled growth that carpenters and foresters also call a gnarl or a burl, a place where the wood grain twists around itself instead of running straight. The word is one of several old spellings for the same feature, alongside knar and knur, all pointing at wood that resists being cut cleanly. It survives mainly in dialect and older technical writing about timber rather than in everyday speech.
How KNAUR is used
Dialect and old-fashioned; mostly found in writing about timber, woodworking, or trees rather than in ordinary conversation.
- The carpenter avoided the knaur when planing the board.
- A large knaur bulged from the side of the ancient oak.
- He carved a small bowl from a knaur cut off the trunk.
- The saw blade snagged on a hidden knaur in the log.
- Every knaur in the beam told of some old injury to the tree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KNAUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KNAUR
1 longer words begin with KNAUR.
Shorter words from the letters in KNAUR
Common questions about KNAUR
- Is KNAUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KNAUR, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KNAUR worth?
- KNAUR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KNAUR mean?
- A hard knot or gnarled lump in wood, especially a rounded swelling on the trunk or branch of a tree.
- What letters can be added to KNAUR?
- KNAUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KNAUR:
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