MORRIS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MORRIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MORRIS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MORRIS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MORRIS
No single letter turns MORRIS into another word.
How MORRIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MORRIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 137,969.
What does MORRIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A traditional English folk dance performed by costumed dancers, often with bells, sticks, or handkerchiefs, especially at seasonal festivals.
A morris dance is danced by a set of performers moving in patterned steps, often accompanied by music from a fiddle, accordion, or pipe and drum. Teams called morris sides still perform in English town squares and village greens, especially around May Day and other spring festivals. The word is also used as a verb, to morris, meaning to perform this dance.
How MORRIS is used
Met mainly in the phrase morris dance and in descriptions of English folk festivals.
- A morris team danced through the market square on May Day.
- The bells on his ankles jingled as he danced the morris.
- Tourists stopped to film the morris performance outside the pub.
- Local dancers still morris every spring at the village fair.
- The folk festival opened with a lively morris display.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MORRIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MORRIS
3 longer words begin with MORRIS.
Shorter words from the letters in MORRIS
Common questions about MORRIS
- Is MORRIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MORRIS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MORRIS worth?
- MORRIS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MORRIS mean?
- A traditional English folk dance performed by costumed dancers, often with bells, sticks, or handkerchiefs, especially at seasonal festivals.
- What letters can be added to MORRIS?
- No single letter can be added to MORRIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MORRIS:
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