PUDEUR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PUDEUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUDEUR?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUDEUR is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUDEUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pudeursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUDEUR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PUDEUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does PUDEUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A natural reserve or modesty about matters of the body or private feelings.
Pudeur is borrowed straight from French and carries a sense of delicate shame rather than outright embarrassment. It names the instinct that makes a person cover up, lower the voice or turn the conversation, and it appears in literary and critical writing about manners. English has no exact single word for it, which is why the French form is kept.
How PUDEUR is used
Formal and literary; a French borrowing used in writing about manners and restraint.
- Her pudeur kept her from discussing the illness.
- The novel treats pudeur as a social virtue.
- He admired the pudeur of the older generation.
- A certain pudeur marks the whole poem.
- Some critics lament the loss of pudeur in modern memoirs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUDEUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUDEUR
1 longer words begin with PUDEUR.
Shorter words from the letters in PUDEUR
Common questions about PUDEUR
- Is PUDEUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUDEUR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUDEUR worth?
- PUDEUR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUDEUR mean?
- A natural reserve or modesty about matters of the body or private feelings.
- What letters can be added to PUDEUR?
- PUDEUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PUDEUR:
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