SORA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SORA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SORA?
| 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 SORA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SORA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SORA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about SORA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SORA mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americanzoology
A small, shy North American marsh bird of the rail family, brown and grey with a short yellow bill and a loud clucking call.
A sora spends most of its life hidden among reeds and cattails rather than out in the open, so birders usually hear the sharp whinnying call of a sora long before they see the bird itself. It is common across marshes of the eastern and central United States and Canada, especially during migration.
How SORA is used
A specialist bird-watching and nature-guide term; rarely met outside descriptions of wetland wildlife.
- A sora slipped through the reeds without a sound.
- We heard a sora calling from the marsh at dusk.
- The guide pointed out a sora feeding at the edge of the pond.
- Photographers waited an hour for the sora to step into the open.
- Unlike ducks, a sora prefers to walk through dense marsh grass rather than swim.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SORA
The 4 tiles of SORA in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SORA
4 longer words begin with SORA.
Words ending in SORA
1 words end in SORA. Useful as a back hook: play SORA onto a word already on the board.
Words with SORA inside
12 words contain SORA in the middle. Words that start with SORA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SORA
Common questions about SORA
- Is SORA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORA, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORA worth?
- SORA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORA mean?
- A small, shy North American marsh bird of the rail family, brown and grey with a short yellow bill and a loud clucking call.
- What letters can be added to SORA?
- SORA takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SORA:
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