NOR is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. NOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOR?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOR is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What does NOR mean in Scrabble?
conjunction
And not — used after neither.
Nor is contracted from an older phrase meaning not other, and it normally follows a negative: neither this nor that. Standing alone at the head of a sentence it is old-fashioned rather than wrong, and writers still do it.
How NOR is used
After neither, or after another negative.
- Neither the first nor the second was ever finished.
- The word nor is contracted from an older phrase.
- Nor did anybody think to ask.
- He has no money nor any prospect of some.
- Nor at the head of a sentence is old-fashioned and permitted.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOR
Showing 24 of 164 words that begin with NOR.
Words ending in NOR
Showing 24 of 33 words that end in NOR. Useful as a back hook: play NOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with NOR inside
Showing 24 of 453 words that contain NOR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NOR
Common questions about NOR
- Is NOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOR, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOR worth?
- NOR is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOR mean?
- And not — used after neither.
- What letters can be added to NOR?
- NOR takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NOR:
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