LEMUR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LEMUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEMUR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEMUR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEMUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lemursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LEMUR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LEMUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does LEMUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tree-dwelling primate with a pointed snout, large eyes, and typically a long tail, found only on Madagascar and nearby islands.
A lemur is more primitive than a true monkey, and its large eyes suit the mostly nocturnal habits of many species, which forage for fruit, leaves, and insects after dark. Because lemurs evolved in isolation on Madagascar for millions of years, the island holds dozens of distinct species found nowhere else in the wild, many of them now endangered by habitat loss. The name itself comes from the Latin lemures, meaning restless spirits of the dead, chosen for the animal's ghostly nighttime calls and glowing eyes.
How LEMUR is used
A standard zoological noun, used in both everyday nature writing and scientific contexts.
- A ring-tailed lemur leapt from branch to branch in the reserve.
- Researchers study how each lemur species adapted to a different forest.
- The zoo added a nocturnal enclosure for its lemur colony.
- Only Madagascar is home to wild lemur populations.
- The documentary followed a family of lemurs through the dry forest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEMUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LEMUR
9 longer words begin with LEMUR.
Shorter words from the letters in LEMUR
Common questions about LEMUR
- Is LEMUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEMUR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEMUR worth?
- LEMUR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEMUR mean?
- A tree-dwelling primate with a pointed snout, large eyes, and typically a long tail, found only on Madagascar and nearby islands.
- What letters can be added to LEMUR?
- LEMUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LEMUR:
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