URUS is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. URUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URUS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URUS is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URUS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How URUS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in URUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does URUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyhistorical
The extinct wild ox that ancient writers recorded under the Latin name urus, now better known by its German-derived name aurochs.
The urus was a massive, long-horned wild ox that once ranged across Europe and Asia. Julius Caesar described hunting it in the forests of Gaul, and the last individuals died out in the seventeenth century, long after the animal had already passed into legend.
How URUS is used
A term from zoology and history; encountered in accounts of ancient wildlife rather than modern conversation.
- Cave paintings show hunters pursuing the urus with spears.
- The urus stood taller at the shoulder than any cow alive today.
- Roman writers marvelled at the size and strength of the urus.
- Breeders have tried to recreate the urus by selective crossing of cattle.
- Bones of the urus turn up in old riverbed excavations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with URUS
3 longer words begin with URUS.
Words ending in URUS
Showing 24 of 26 words that end in URUS. Useful as a back hook: play URUS onto a word already on the board.
Words with URUS inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain URUS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with URUS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in URUS
Common questions about URUS
- Is URUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URUS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URUS worth?
- URUS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URUS mean?
- The extinct wild ox that ancient writers recorded under the Latin name urus, now better known by its German-derived name aurochs.
- What letters can be added to URUS?
- URUS takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of URUS:
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