SAVOROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SAVOROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAVOROUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAVOROUS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAVOROUS
No single letter turns SAVOROUS into another word.
How SAVOROUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SAVOROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAVOROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SAVOROUS
- SAVOROUS 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 SAVOROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Pleasing to taste or smell.
Savorous is an old, rare relative of the more usual "savory" and "savoury". Writers who use it want a deliberately antique tone for food and its aroma.
How SAVOROUS is used
Savorous is found in older prose and in deliberately old-fashioned descriptions of food.
- A savorous steam rose from the pot.
- The cook praised the savorous broth.
- They sat down to a savorous supper.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAVOROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SAVOROUS
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Common questions about SAVOROUS
- Is SAVOROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAVOROUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAVOROUS worth?
- SAVOROUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAVOROUS mean?
- Pleasing to taste or smell.
- What letters can be added to SAVOROUS?
- No single letter can be added to SAVOROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SAVOROUS:
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