URINOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. URINOUS 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 URINOUS?
| 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 URINOUS 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 URINOUS
No single letter turns URINOUS into another word.
How URINOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in URINOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 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 URINOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Relating to urine, or having its smell or qualities.
The word is chiefly descriptive of odour or character, as in a stale, sharp smell. It is a rarer relative of the more common word urinary, which refers to organs and functions rather than smell. Few writers need urinous as a word, so it mostly turns up in older descriptions.
How URINOUS is used
Urinous is used to describe a smell or substance that resembles urine.
- A urinous odour hung over the stable yard.
- The old cellar had a faintly urinous smell.
- Chemists noted the urinous character of the sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URINOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URINOUS
The 7 tiles of URINOUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in URINOUS
Showing 40 of 74. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about URINOUS
- Is URINOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URINOUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URINOUS worth?
- URINOUS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URINOUS mean?
- Relating to urine, or having its smell or qualities.
- What letters can be added to URINOUS?
- No single letter can be added to URINOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of URINOUS:
Open URINOUS in the Word Finder