TORUS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TORUS 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 TORUS?
| 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: 23 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TORUS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TORUS
No single letter turns TORUS into another word.
How TORUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TORUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What stands out about TORUS
- 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 TORUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A ring-shaped surface or solid formed by rotating a circle around an axis that lies in the same plane as the circle but does not cross it; also, a rounded ridge of bone or a convex molding at the base of a column.
Mathematicians use torus for the doughnut-shaped surface that results from spinning a circle around an outside line, a shape important in geometry and topology. Anatomists borrow the same word for the torus mandibularis, a bony ridge that sometimes grows along the inside of the lower jaw. Architects apply torus to the rounded molding running around the base of a classical column. All three senses share the same rounded, ring-like profile that gave the Latin word torus its original meaning of a bulge or swelling.
How TORUS is used
Technical term in mathematics, anatomy, and architecture; the plural is either toruses or tori.
- The inner tube looked like a perfect torus floating on the water.
- The dentist pointed out a bony torus along the patient's jaw.
- A torus runs around the base of each marble column in the hall.
- Topologists study how a torus differs from a plain sphere.
- The donut-shaped chamber of the reactor is technically called a torus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TORUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TORUS
The 5 tiles of TORUS in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with TORUS
1 longer words begin with TORUS.
Shorter words from the letters in TORUS
Common questions about TORUS
- Is TORUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TORUS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TORUS worth?
- TORUS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TORUS mean?
- A ring-shaped surface or solid formed by rotating a circle around an axis that lies in the same plane as the circle but does not cross it; also, a rounded ridge of bone or a convex molding at the base of a column.
- What letters can be added to TORUS?
- No single letter can be added to TORUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TORUS:
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