SPRUE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPRUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPRUE?
| 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 SPRUE 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 SPRUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spruesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPRUE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPRUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about SPRUE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 5 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 SPRUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalmedical
The channel through which molten metal or plastic is poured into a mould, together with the extra hardened material it leaves attached to the finished part, or, in medicine, a chronic disease of the small intestine that prevents proper absorption of nutrients.
In casting and injection moulding, a sprue is the channel that feeds molten metal or plastic into the cavity that shapes a part, and the leftover stub of hardened material still attached there afterward keeps the same name, usually trimmed away once the piece has cooled. Anyone who has built a plastic model kit will recognise the thin frame holding the individual pieces before assembly, since those pieces formed around exactly this feed channel and stayed joined to it. In an unrelated medical sense, sprue names a chronic intestinal disease that stops the body absorbing nutrients properly, appearing in a tropical form linked to infection and a milder form now usually known as coeliac disease. Doctors keep the two conditions carefully apart today, even though older medical writing sometimes used sprue loosely for either one.
How SPRUE is used
A technical term in manufacturing and model-making for the mould feed channel and its leftover plastic frame, and, separately, an older medical term for a malabsorption disease of the intestine.
- He snapped each piece carefully off the plastic sprue.
- Molten metal cooled and hardened inside the narrow sprue.
- The model kit's sprue held dozens of tiny grey parts.
- Doctors once described tropical sprue among travellers returning from the region.
- A technician trimmed the excess sprue from the finished casting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPRUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPRUE
The 5 tiles of SPRUE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SPRUE
1 longer words begin with SPRUE.
Shorter words from the letters in SPRUE
Common questions about SPRUE
- Is SPRUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPRUE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPRUE worth?
- SPRUE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPRUE mean?
- The channel through which molten metal or plastic is poured into a mould, together with the extra hardened material it leaves attached to the finished part, or, in medicine, a chronic disease of the small intestine that prevents proper absorption of nutrients.
- What letters can be added to SPRUE?
- SPRUE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPRUE:
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