UVEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UVEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UVEOUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UVEOUS is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UVEOUS
No single letter turns UVEOUS into another word.
How UVEOUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UVEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What stands out about UVEOUS
- UVEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UVEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the uvea, the middle layer of the eye.
The uvea holds the iris and the pigmented tissue behind it, so anything uveous belongs to that dark inner coat. The adjective is rare outside textbooks of anatomy, where uveal is the more common form today. The root is the Latin word for a grape, which the eye layer was thought to resemble.
How UVEOUS is used
Technical; mostly found in older medical writing and word lists.
- The surgeon examined the uveous tissue under a microscope.
- An old text describes the uveous coat as dark and rich in vessels.
- Inflammation of the uveous layer can cloud the sight.
- The diagram labelled the uveous region in brown.
- Pigment makes the uveous membrane look almost black.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UVEOUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UVEOUS
Common questions about UVEOUS
- Is UVEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UVEOUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UVEOUS worth?
- UVEOUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UVEOUS mean?
- Relating to the uvea, the middle layer of the eye.
- What letters can be added to UVEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to UVEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UVEOUS:
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