LORIS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LORIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LORIS?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LORIS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LORIS
No single letter turns LORIS into another word.
How LORIS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LORIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What stands out about LORIS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LORIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small, slow-moving nocturnal primate with large round eyes, found in the forests of South and Southeast Asia.
A loris moves through the trees with careful, deliberate steps rather than leaping like many other primates, which helps it hunt insects and small animals quietly at night. Its huge eyes are adapted for seeing in near darkness, and some species can deliver a toxic bite, an unusual trait among primates. Several species of loris are now threatened by habitat loss and the illegal pet trade.
How LORIS is used
A term used mainly in zoology and wildlife writing about nocturnal Asian primates.
- The zoo's nocturnal house kept a slow loris behind red-tinted glass.
- A loris gripped the branch tightly as it inched toward its prey.
- Conservationists warned that the pet trade threatens the wild loris population.
- The loris has huge eyes that help it hunt insects in near total darkness.
- Researchers tracked a loris through the forest canopy at night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LORIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LORIS
The 5 tiles of LORIS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LORIS
1 longer words begin with LORIS.
Words ending in LORIS
1 words end in LORIS. Useful as a back hook: play LORIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with LORIS inside
Showing 24 of 70 words that contain LORIS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LORIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LORIS
Common questions about LORIS
- Is LORIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LORIS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LORIS worth?
- LORIS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LORIS mean?
- A small, slow-moving nocturnal primate with large round eyes, found in the forests of South and Southeast Asia.
- What letters can be added to LORIS?
- No single letter can be added to LORIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LORIS:
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