VELURE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VELURE 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 VELURE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VELURE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VELURE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VELURE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VELURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 94,070.
What does VELURE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old word for velvet, and the name of the velvet pad that hatters used to smooth silk hats.
Velure is a spelling cousin of velour that kept the older sense of velvet and also named a hatter's tool. It appears in older plays, where a character may be said to velure a hat by brushing it with the pad. The verb is just as rare as the noun.
How VELURE is used
Archaic; found in old texts and in word lists rather than in current speech.
- The hatter rubbed the brim with a velure until it shone.
- A velure of crimson covered the old chair.
- He kept a worn velure in the drawer beside the brushes.
- The word velure puzzled the students reading the old play.
- A good velure gave silk hats their mirror finish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VELURE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VELURE
2 longer words begin with VELURE.
Shorter words from the letters in VELURE
Common questions about VELURE
- Is VELURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VELURE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VELURE worth?
- VELURE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VELURE mean?
- An old word for velvet, and the name of the velvet pad that hatters used to smooth silk hats.
- What letters can be added to VELURE?
- VELURE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VELURE:
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