NURR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. NURR is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NURR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NURR is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NURR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NURR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NURR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What does NURR mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectregional
A hard knot in wood, or the small wooden ball used in the old game of knurr and spell.
Nurr first meant a tough lump in a piece of timber, and the same word was carried over to the ball struck with a stick in knurr and spell, a northern English game played with a knot-shaped wooden ball. The spelling nurr appears alongside knur and knurr in dialect dictionaries.
How NURR is used
Regional dialect, chiefly northern England; met mainly in descriptions of the old game.
- The axe struck a nurr hidden in the log.
- Players lined up to strike the nurr across the field.
- A nurr in the plank ruined the saw blade.
- The old game began with the nurr set on its spring.
- He carved a smooth nurr for the next round.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NURR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NURR
1 longer words begin with NURR.
Words ending in NURR
1 words end in NURR. Useful as a back hook: play NURR onto a word already on the board.
Words with NURR inside
1 words contain NURR in the middle. Words that start with NURR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NURR
Common questions about NURR
- Is NURR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NURR is not in it.
- How many points is NURR worth?
- NURR is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NURR mean?
- A hard knot in wood, or the small wooden ball used in the old game of knurr and spell.
- What letters can be added to NURR?
- NURR takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NURR:
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