SARCOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SARCOUS 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 SARCOUS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SARCOUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SARCOUS
No single letter turns SARCOUS into another word.
How SARCOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SARCOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What stands out about SARCOUS
- SARCOUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SARCOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalrare
Made of flesh or muscle.
Anatomists once spoke of sarcous elements, the tiny units that make up striped muscle fibre. Today sarcous survives mostly in older medical texts.
How SARCOUS is used
Sarcous is a rare anatomical word for fleshy or muscular tissue.
- The old textbook described sarcous tissue in detail.
- Sarcous fibres show faint cross stripes under a microscope.
- He wrote of the sarcous part of the organ.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SARCOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SARCOUS
The 7 tiles of SARCOUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SARCOUS
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Common questions about SARCOUS
- Is SARCOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SARCOUS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SARCOUS worth?
- SARCOUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SARCOUS mean?
- Made of flesh or muscle.
- What letters can be added to SARCOUS?
- No single letter can be added to SARCOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SARCOUS:
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