LAURA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LAURA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAURA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAURA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAURA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAURA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAURA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does LAURA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A loosely organised early Christian monastic settlement made up of separate cells or huts grouped around a shared church, also spelled lavra.
A laura let monks live mostly alone during the week and gather only for communal prayer and meals, unlike a monastery where monks shared quarters under one roof. The arrangement was common in the deserts of Egypt and the Middle East in the earliest centuries of Christian monasticism.
How LAURA is used
Used in the history of early Christian monasticism rather than everyday speech.
- The historian described a laura scattered across a dry hillside near the river.
- Monks in the laura met only on Sundays for shared worship.
- Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a laura dating back many centuries.
- Each hermit in the laura kept his own small cell and garden.
- The guidebook explained how a laura differed from a walled monastery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAURA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAURA
The 5 tiles of LAURA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LAURA
3 longer words begin with LAURA.
Shorter words from the letters in LAURA
Common questions about LAURA
- Is LAURA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAURA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAURA worth?
- LAURA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAURA mean?
- A loosely organised early Christian monastic settlement made up of separate cells or huts grouped around a shared church, also spelled lavra.
- What letters can be added to LAURA?
- LAURA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAURA:
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