ORMOLU is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ORMOLU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORMOLU?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORMOLU is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORMOLU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ormolusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORMOLU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ORMOLU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 221,736.
What does ORMOLU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A gold-toned copper alloy, blended with zinc and sometimes tin, used since the eighteenth century to decorate furniture and ornaments.
Craftsmen cast ormolu into delicate mounts, clock cases and candlesticks, then gilded or lacquered the surface so the furniture piece gleamed like solid gold at a fraction of the cost. French cabinetmakers of the eighteenth century made the technique famous, fitting ormolu handles and trim onto fine cabinets destined for aristocratic households. The name comes from the French for ground gold, a nod to how closely the finished alloy could imitate the real metal.
How ORMOLU is used
Used in the history of furniture and decorative arts, especially when describing antique French pieces.
- The clock stood on an ormolu base shaped like acanthus leaves.
- Collectors prize the cabinet for its delicate ormolu mounts.
- Craftsmen gilded the ormolu until it rivaled solid gold in appearance.
- Auction catalogs described the candlesticks as fine eighteenth-century ormolu.
- A layer of tarnish had dulled the ormolu trim on the old desk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORMOLU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORMOLU
1 longer words begin with ORMOLU.
Shorter words from the letters in ORMOLU
Common questions about ORMOLU
- Is ORMOLU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORMOLU, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORMOLU worth?
- ORMOLU is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORMOLU mean?
- A gold-toned copper alloy, blended with zinc and sometimes tin, used since the eighteenth century to decorate furniture and ornaments.
- What letters can be added to ORMOLU?
- ORMOLU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ORMOLU:
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