KOUROS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. KOUROS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KOUROS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KOUROS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KOUROS
No single letter turns KOUROS into another word.
How KOUROS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in KOUROS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 443,472.
What does KOUROS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An ancient Greek statue of a standing young man, usually nude.
A kouros is a freestanding sculpture of the archaic period of Greek art, carved in marble from roughly the seventh to the early fifth century BC. The figure stands rigidly with one foot slightly forward and the arms held at the sides, and the style changed slowly toward a more natural pose. Many were set up as grave markers or offerings in sanctuaries. The female counterpart is called a kore.
How KOUROS is used
Used by art historians and museum guides; the plural is kouroi.
- The museum keeps a marble kouros in its first gallery.
- Each kouros from that period shows the same stiff forward stride.
- A broken kouros was dug out of the field near the temple.
- Scholars still argue about the dating of that kouros.
- She sketched the kouros from three different sides.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KOUROS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in KOUROS
Common questions about KOUROS
- Is KOUROS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KOUROS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KOUROS worth?
- KOUROS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KOUROS mean?
- An ancient Greek statue of a standing young man, usually nude.
- What letters can be added to KOUROS?
- No single letter can be added to KOUROS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of KOUROS:
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