SORUS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SORUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SORUS?
| 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: 22 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SORUS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORUS
No single letter turns SORUS into another word.
How SORUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SORUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What stands out about SORUS
- SORUS 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 SORUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A cluster of spore-producing structures found on the underside of a fern frond or a similar plant.
A sorus is the visible dot or streak seen on the back of many fern leaves, formed by a tight group of sporangia that release spores for reproduction. Their shape, arrangement and covering help botanists identify different fern species. The plural form sori is used when more than one such cluster is being described on a single frond.
How SORUS is used
A technical botanical term used mainly in describing and identifying ferns and related spore-bearing plants.
- Each sorus on the fern's underside held thousands of tiny spores.
- The botanist counted every sorus to help identify the fern species.
- A ripe sorus turns brown as its spores mature.
- The field guide showed a close-up photograph of a single sorus.
- A dense sorus formed along the edge of the fern leaflet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SORUS
The 5 tiles of SORUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in SORUS
1 words end in SORUS. Useful as a back hook: play SORUS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in SORUS
Common questions about SORUS
- Is SORUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORUS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORUS worth?
- SORUS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORUS mean?
- A cluster of spore-producing structures found on the underside of a fern frond or a similar plant.
- What letters can be added to SORUS?
- No single letter can be added to SORUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SORUS:
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