SMUR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. SMUR is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SMUR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMUR is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
smursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMUR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SMUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does SMUR mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To drizzle gently, an alternative Scots spelling of smir.
Speakers in Scots-speaking areas use smur just as they use smir. They say the weather will smur when only a fine, misty rain is falling, rather than a proper shower.
How SMUR is used
Chiefly Scots; treated as an equal variant spelling of smir rather than a separate word in meaning.
- It began to smur softly over the hills.
- We waited indoors until it stopped starting to smur.
- A thin smur settled over the fields at dawn.
- Fishermen do not mind when it merely smur rather than pours.
- The forecast warned that it would smur most of the morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMUR
The 4 tiles of SMUR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SMUR
8 longer words begin with SMUR.
Shorter words from the letters in SMUR
Common questions about SMUR
- Is SMUR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SMUR is not in it.
- How many points is SMUR worth?
- SMUR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMUR mean?
- To drizzle gently, an alternative Scots spelling of smir.
- What letters can be added to SMUR?
- SMUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SMUR:
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