LURID is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LURID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LURID?
| 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 LURID is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LURID
No single letter turns LURID into another word.
How LURID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LURID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does LURID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Extremely vivid, sensational, or shocking in detail, especially concerning violence, crime, or scandal.
Lurid most often describes writing, reporting, or storytelling that dwells on shocking or scandalous detail well beyond what is necessary. The word can also describe an unnatural, glowing colour, as when a sunset or sky is called a lurid orange or red. Both senses trace back to a Latin root meaning pale or ghastly, which later shifted toward the idea of a garish, unsettling glow. News critics often use lurid to fault coverage that seems to sensationalize suffering for effect.
How LURID is used
Attributive and predicative adjective, frequently applied to headlines, tabloid stories, and descriptions of crime.
- The tabloid ran a lurid account of the scandal.
- A lurid orange light spread across the evening sky.
- Critics called the film's violence needlessly lurid.
- He gave a lurid description of the accident to shock his friends.
- The novel's lurid cover promised more scandal than the story delivered.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LURID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LURID
5 longer words begin with LURID.
Words ending in LURID
1 words end in LURID. Useful as a back hook: play LURID onto a word already on the board.
Words with LURID inside
3 words contain LURID in the middle. Words that start with LURID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LURID
Common questions about LURID
- Is LURID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LURID, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LURID worth?
- LURID is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LURID mean?
- Extremely vivid, sensational, or shocking in detail, especially concerning violence, crime, or scandal.
- What letters can be added to LURID?
- No single letter can be added to LURID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LURID:
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