VARIORUM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VARIORUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VARIORUM?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VARIORUM is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VARIORUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
variorumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VARIORUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VARIORUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VARIORUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VARIORUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
formaltechnical
An edition of a text that prints the notes of various scholars or the variant readings from different sources.
Scholars prize a variorum Shakespeare because it lets them compare differing early versions and centuries of commentary on a single page. The word is Latin, from cum notis variorum, meaning with the notes of various people. As an adjective it describes such an edition.
How VARIORUM is used
A scholarly term in textual criticism and publishing, as in a variorum edition of a classic.
- The library owns a variorum of the sonnets.
- She cited the variorum edition in her essay.
- A new variorum gathers every known variant reading.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VARIORUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VARIORUM
1 longer words begin with VARIORUM.
Shorter words from the letters in VARIORUM
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Common questions about VARIORUM
- Is VARIORUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VARIORUM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VARIORUM worth?
- VARIORUM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VARIORUM mean?
- An edition of a text that prints the notes of various scholars or the variant readings from different sources.
- What letters can be added to VARIORUM?
- VARIORUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VARIORUM:
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