SCABROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SCABROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCABROUS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCABROUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCABROUS
No single letter turns SCABROUS into another word.
How SCABROUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCABROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCABROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SCABROUS
- SCABROUS 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 SCABROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Rough to the touch, covered with small scales, points or scabs.
Beyond describing rough surfaces such as leaves or skin, scabrous is used figuratively for material that is indecent or unpleasant. A scabrous joke or scabrous novel shocks by being coarse, not by being physically rough.
How SCABROUS is used
Literal for rough textures in biology; figurative for indecent or salacious writing and talk.
- The scabrous bark scraped his palm.
- The critic called the play scabrous and tasteless.
- A scabrous leaf feels like fine sandpaper.
- He told a scabrous story that silenced the table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCABROUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCABROUS
3 longer words begin with SCABROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in SCABROUS
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Common questions about SCABROUS
- Is SCABROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCABROUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCABROUS worth?
- SCABROUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCABROUS mean?
- Rough to the touch, covered with small scales, points or scabs.
- What letters can be added to SCABROUS?
- No single letter can be added to SCABROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCABROUS:
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