URANOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. URANOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URANOUS?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URANOUS is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URANOUS
No single letter turns URANOUS into another word.
How URANOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in URANOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does URANOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or containing uranium in a lower valence state.
The term belongs to older chemical naming, where it is paired with uranic for the higher valence. A uranous compound therefore differs from a uranic one in how much the uranium is oxidised.
How URANOUS is used
Uranous is used in chemistry when describing uranium compounds of lower valence.
- Uranous salts are usually green in solution.
- The chemist prepared a uranous compound by reduction.
- Uranous and uranic forms behave quite differently.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URANOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URANOUS
The 7 tiles of URANOUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in URANOUS
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Common questions about URANOUS
- Is URANOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URANOUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URANOUS worth?
- URANOUS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URANOUS mean?
- Relating to or containing uranium in a lower valence state.
- What letters can be added to URANOUS?
- No single letter can be added to URANOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of URANOUS:
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