SPOOR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPOOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPOOR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPOOR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPOOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spoorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPOOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPOOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 56,018.
What stands out about SPOOR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SPOOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
The track, trail or scent left by a wild animal as it moves, followed by hunters or trackers.
A spoor can be a line of footprints pressed into mud or soft ground, but the word also covers droppings, broken vegetation and the faint scent an animal leaves behind, any sign that a skilled tracker can read to follow where it has gone. Hunters and wildlife guides speak of picking up a spoor when they first notice such signs and of losing a spoor when the trail becomes too faint or scattered to follow further. The word entered English from Afrikaans and Dutch, and it remains especially common in writing about African wildlife tracking and safari guiding. Unlike the more general word track, spoor specifically implies an animal's trail rather than any mark left by a vehicle or a person.
How SPOOR is used
Mainly used in hunting, wildlife tracking and safari writing for the trail or scent left by an animal.
- The guide pointed out fresh leopard spoor beside the river.
- Trackers followed the elephant's spoor for most of the morning.
- Rain had washed away most of the spoor by dawn.
- She learned to read spoor during her first season as a ranger.
- The hunters lost the spoor where the ground turned to rock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPOOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPOOR
The 5 tiles of SPOOR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SPOOR
5 longer words begin with SPOOR.
Shorter words from the letters in SPOOR
Common questions about SPOOR
- Is SPOOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPOOR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPOOR worth?
- SPOOR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPOOR mean?
- The track, trail or scent left by a wild animal as it moves, followed by hunters or trackers.
- What letters can be added to SPOOR?
- SPOOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPOOR:
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