ORANGER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. ORANGER 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 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ORANGER?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORANGER is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORANGER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orangeryChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ORANGER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ORANGER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 68,620.
What does ORANGER mean in Scrabble?
adjective
More orange in colour.
Colour words take comparatives awkwardly, and oranger is one of the few that people actually write down: redder and greener pass unnoticed, while this one still looks like a mistake to many readers. It is used most where two shades are being set directly against each other.
How ORANGER is used
Comparative of orange. Used of colour only, never of the fruit.
- The second coat came out oranger than the first.
- Evening light makes the whole street oranger.
- A oranger shade would have suited the room better.
- The print is oranger than the original and nobody knows why.
- Oranger looks wrong on the page and is perfectly correct.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORANGER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORANGER
The 7 tiles of ORANGER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ORANGER
3 longer words begin with ORANGER.
Shorter words from the letters in ORANGER
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Common questions about ORANGER
- Is ORANGER valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ORANGER is not in it.
- How many points is ORANGER worth?
- ORANGER is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORANGER mean?
- More orange in colour.
- What letters can be added to ORANGER?
- ORANGER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ORANGER:
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