OCHROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OCHROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCHROUS?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCHROUS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCHROUS
No single letter turns OCHROUS into another word.
How OCHROUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OCHROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,489 thousand.
What does OCHROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Containing ochre or having the yellowish-brown colour of ochre.
You will meet ochrous mainly in older geology or mineral descriptions, where it labels earthy deposits stained with iron. The spelling with the final -ous is the one used for the colour and the material alike.
How OCHROUS is used
Ochrous describes soils, rocks or pigments and is rare outside technical or old-fashioned prose.
- The cliff face showed an ochrous stain after the rain.
- An ochrous powder collected at the bottom of the jar.
- The painter ground an ochrous clay into pigment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCHROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OCHROUS
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Common questions about OCHROUS
- Is OCHROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCHROUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCHROUS worth?
- OCHROUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCHROUS mean?
- Containing ochre or having the yellowish-brown colour of ochre.
- What letters can be added to OCHROUS?
- No single letter can be added to OCHROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OCHROUS:
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