SCOUR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SCOUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCOUR?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCOUR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCOUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scoursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCOUR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCOUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does SCOUR mean in Scrabble?
verb
To clean something thoroughly by rubbing it hard, or to search a place or source thoroughly and systematically.
To scour a pot or pan means to scrub it hard enough to strip away burnt-on food or stains, usually with an abrasive pad or a gritty cleaner, which is a rougher and more determined action than simply washing. The same idea of thorough, forceful action carried the word into an unrelated but closely felt sense, to scour an area or a document, meaning to search it completely and carefully, missing nothing, as when police scour a neighbourhood for a missing person. Fast-moving water can also scour a riverbed or coastline, wearing away soil and rock through sheer force over time, a geological sense that keeps the original idea of rough, persistent action. Whether the object is a pan, a countryside or a riverbank, scour always implies effort applied without letting up until the job is finished.
How SCOUR is used
Common in everyday speech for both vigorous cleaning and thorough searching; the geological sense belongs mainly to technical writing.
- She scoured the burnt pan until it shone again.
- Volunteers scoured the woods for any sign of the missing dog.
- He scoured the archive for a single missing document.
- Floodwater had scoured a deep channel into the riverbank.
- They scoured every shop in town looking for the right gift.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCOUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCOUR
The 5 tiles of SCOUR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SCOUR
19 longer words begin with SCOUR.
Words ending in SCOUR
1 words end in SCOUR. Useful as a back hook: play SCOUR onto a word already on the board.
Words with SCOUR inside
Showing 24 of 36 words that contain SCOUR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SCOUR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCOUR
Common questions about SCOUR
- Is SCOUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCOUR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCOUR worth?
- SCOUR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCOUR mean?
- To clean something thoroughly by rubbing it hard, or to search a place or source thoroughly and systematically.
- What letters can be added to SCOUR?
- SCOUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCOUR:
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