URSINE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. URSINE 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 URSINE?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URSINE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URSINE
No single letter turns URSINE into another word.
How URSINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in URSINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What stands out about URSINE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 6 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 URSINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a bear.
Writers reach for ursine to describe a heavy build, a shuffling walk, or a low growling voice that calls a bear to mind. Nature writing uses the word more literally, as in an ursine skull or an ursine species found only in one region. The word sits alongside similar animal adjectives such as leonine for lions and canine for dogs.
How URSINE is used
Mostly literary or descriptive writing rather than everyday speech.
- His ursine build and heavy gait made him easy to spot in a crowd.
- The costume designer added ursine features to the mascot, thick fur and rounded ears.
- She described the old guard's ursine grumble whenever visitors arrived too early.
- Cave paintings show ursine figures alongside the hunters who feared them.
- The zoo's new hall is devoted entirely to ursine species from around the world.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URSINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URSINE
The 6 tiles of URSINE in a different order — 6 found.
Shorter words from the letters in URSINE
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Common questions about URSINE
- Is URSINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URSINE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URSINE worth?
- URSINE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URSINE mean?
- Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a bear.
- What letters can be added to URSINE?
- No single letter can be added to URSINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of URSINE:
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