PETROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PETROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PETROUS?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PETROUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PETROUS
No single letter turns PETROUS into another word.
How PETROUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PETROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 144,744.
What stands out about PETROUS
- The same 7 tiles also spell 6 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PETROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Hard and stony; used of the dense part of the temporal bone near the inner ear.
Petrous bone is among the hardest in the human body and shelters the delicate parts of hearing and balance. Outside anatomy the word can mean simply rocky. Radiologists name this region the petrous part.
How PETROUS is used
Petrous is used mainly in anatomy and medical imaging.
- A fracture ran through the petrous portion of the skull.
- The scan showed the petrous bone clearly.
- The cliff face was grey and petrous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PETROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PETROUS
The 7 tiles of PETROUS in a different order — 6 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PETROUS
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Common questions about PETROUS
- Is PETROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PETROUS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PETROUS worth?
- PETROUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PETROUS mean?
- Hard and stony; used of the dense part of the temporal bone near the inner ear.
- What letters can be added to PETROUS?
- No single letter can be added to PETROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PETROUS:
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