ORRIS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ORRIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORRIS?
| 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 ORRIS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORRIS
Front hooks — 1
morrisBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ORRIS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ORRIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,428.
What does ORRIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The dried, fragrant rhizome of certain iris species, ground into a violet-scented powder used in perfumery, sachets, and potpourri.
Orris root comes from irises such as Iris germanica, dug up, dried, and aged for a year or more until its faint violet scent develops fully, since the fresh root has almost no smell at all. Perfumers prize the resulting powder or extract, called orris butter, as a fixative that helps other fragrances in a perfume last longer on the skin. Outside perfumery, dried orris root has long been added to potpourri and sachets to give linens and rooms a soft floral scent. The name also survives in orris lace, an old term for a gold or silver trimming, though that sense has largely fallen out of use.
How ORRIS is used
Used mainly in perfumery, herbalism, and craft contexts describing scented root powder rather than in general conversation.
- The perfume relied on orris for its soft, powdery base note.
- Grandmother kept sachets of orris root among the linens.
- Orris root is aged for months before it develops its scent.
- The apothecary sold ground orris for homemade potpourri.
- Perfumers value orris as a natural fixative for delicate scents.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORRIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORRIS
3 longer words begin with ORRIS.
Words ending in ORRIS
1 words end in ORRIS. Useful as a back hook: play ORRIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ORRIS inside
15 words contain ORRIS in the middle. Words that start with ORRIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ORRIS
Common questions about ORRIS
- Is ORRIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORRIS, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORRIS worth?
- ORRIS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORRIS mean?
- The dried, fragrant rhizome of certain iris species, ground into a violet-scented powder used in perfumery, sachets, and potpourri.
- What letters can be added to ORRIS?
- ORRIS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ORRIS:
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