URAEUS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. URAEUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URAEUS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URAEUS is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URAEUS
No single letter turns URAEUS into another word.
How URAEUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in URAEUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about URAEUS
- URAEUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does URAEUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The image of a rearing cobra worn on the crowns and headdresses of ancient Egyptian rulers and gods as a symbol of royal power.
The uraeus depicts the Egyptian cobra goddess Wadjet poised to strike, and pharaohs wore it on the front of their crowns as a sign of divine protection and royal authority. Egyptians believed the uraeus could spit fire at the ruler's enemies, so its placement on royal headdresses served both a religious and a protective purpose. Archaeologists still use the term uraeus today when describing the cobra emblem found on statues, crowns, and other artifacts from ancient Egypt.
How URAEUS is used
Uraeus is a technical, historical term from Egyptology, used mainly in descriptions of ancient Egyptian art, crowns, and religious symbolism.
- The pharaoh's crown displayed a golden uraeus above the brow.
- Archaeologists identified the statue by its distinctive uraeus.
- The museum label explained the meaning of the uraeus on the mask.
- A cracked uraeus was all that remained of the ancient headdress.
- Scholars debated the exact symbolism of the uraeus in early dynastic art.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URAEUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URAEUS
The 6 tiles of URAEUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with URAEUS
1 longer words begin with URAEUS.
Shorter words from the letters in URAEUS
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Common questions about URAEUS
- Is URAEUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URAEUS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URAEUS worth?
- URAEUS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URAEUS mean?
- The image of a rearing cobra worn on the crowns and headdresses of ancient Egyptian rulers and gods as a symbol of royal power.
- What letters can be added to URAEUS?
- No single letter can be added to URAEUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of URAEUS:
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