MANUS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MANUS 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 MANUS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANUS is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANUS
No single letter turns MANUS into another word.
How MANUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MANUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does MANUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The hand, or the corresponding terminal segment of the forelimb in a vertebrate, especially in anatomical or zoological description.
Anatomists use manus as the precise term for the hand-equivalent structure at the end of the forelimb, distinguishing it from the pes, or foot-equivalent, at the end of the hindlimb. The word is Latin for hand and survives in English mainly in scientific writing and in legal or ceremonial phrases borrowed directly from Latin. Comparative anatomists rely on manus when describing animals whose forelimbs are adapted into wings, flippers, or paws rather than hands.
How MANUS is used
A technical, largely scientific term rather than everyday vocabulary; plural is also manus.
- The bat's manus is elongated to support its wing membrane.
- The paper compared the manus of several primate species.
- A fracture of the manus can affect grip strength significantly.
- In horses, the manus has evolved to bear weight on a single digit.
- The skeleton on display clearly showed the bones of the manus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MANUS
The 5 tiles of MANUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MANUS
2 longer words begin with MANUS.
Words ending in MANUS
1 words end in MANUS. Useful as a back hook: play MANUS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in MANUS
Common questions about MANUS
- Is MANUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANUS worth?
- MANUS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANUS mean?
- The hand, or the corresponding terminal segment of the forelimb in a vertebrate, especially in anatomical or zoological description.
- What letters can be added to MANUS?
- No single letter can be added to MANUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MANUS:
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