URN is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. URN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in URN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What stands out about URN
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 URN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large vase, especially one holding ashes.
Urn also names the metal container that keeps tea hot in a village hall or a canteen, and that sense is British. The funeral use is far older and came into English directly from Latin.
How URN is used
Countable: an urn, two urns.
- The urn was on the mantelpiece for eleven years.
- A tea urn in a hall holds about forty cups.
- The word urn came into English from Latin.
- Two urns either side of the gate and neither with a plant in it.
- The funeral sense of urn is much older than the tea one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URN
The 3 tiles of URN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with URN
10 longer words begin with URN.
Words ending in URN
Showing 24 of 46 words that end in URN. Useful as a back hook: play URN onto a word already on the board.
Words with URN inside
Showing 24 of 469 words that contain URN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with URN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in URN
Common questions about URN
- Is URN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URN worth?
- URN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URN mean?
- A large vase, especially one holding ashes.
- What letters can be added to URN?
- URN takes 7 hooks: 6 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of URN:
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