SENARIUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SENARIUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SENARIUS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SENARIUS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SENARIUS
No single letter turns SENARIUS into another word.
How SENARIUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SENARIUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SENARIUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SENARIUS
- SENARIUS 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 SENARIUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A Greek or Latin verse line of six metrical feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
The senarius was a common line in Roman comedy and later poetry. Scholars of metre mention the senarius when they explain how classical dramatists shaped their dialogue.
How SENARIUS is used
Senarius is a term of classical prosody found in studies of Latin and Greek verse.
- Plautus wrote much of his dialogue in the senarius.
- The student scanned each senarius for its six feet.
- A senarius sounds close to ordinary speech.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SENARIUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SENARIUS
The 8 tiles of SENARIUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SENARIUS
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Common questions about SENARIUS
- Is SENARIUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SENARIUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SENARIUS worth?
- SENARIUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SENARIUS mean?
- A Greek or Latin verse line of six metrical feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- What letters can be added to SENARIUS?
- No single letter can be added to SENARIUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SENARIUS:
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