OCCUR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OCCUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCCUR?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCCUR is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCCUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
occursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCCUR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OCCUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does OCCUR mean in Scrabble?
verb
To happen or take place, or, when followed by to, to come into someone's mind.
Occur describes events taking place, often unexpectedly or without a clear agent causing them, as in an accident that occurs on a highway, and it tends to sound more formal than the plainer verb happen. In the separate phrase occur to someone, the word instead describes an idea or realization suddenly entering a person's thoughts. Both senses trace back to Latin occurrere, meaning to run toward or meet.
How OCCUR is used
Formal verb, common in reports, scientific writing, and careful speech; past tense is occurred, with a doubled r.
- The earthquake occurred just after midnight.
- It did not occur to her that the shop might be closed.
- Such errors occur more often than people realize.
- A strange thought occurred to him during the meeting.
- Power outages occur frequently during the storm season.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCCUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCCUR
7 longer words begin with OCCUR.
Words ending in OCCUR
1 words end in OCCUR. Useful as a back hook: play OCCUR onto a word already on the board.
Words with OCCUR inside
7 words contain OCCUR in the middle. Words that start with OCCUR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OCCUR
Common questions about OCCUR
- Is OCCUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCCUR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCCUR worth?
- OCCUR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCCUR mean?
- To happen or take place, or, when followed by to, to come into someone's mind.
- What letters can be added to OCCUR?
- OCCUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OCCUR:
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