VOR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. VOR is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept VOR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOR is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VOR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does VOR mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectarchaicliterary
To warn someone of danger or trouble ahead.
Vor is a West Country dialect form meaning to warn, and Shakespeare used it to represent rural English speech in his plays. Writers who wanted to capture a countryside accent on the page often altered the initial sound of for and warn into vor, so the word appears mostly in dialogue meant to sound rustic rather than in ordinary prose.
How VOR is used
Found in dialect speech and in literature imitating a West Country accent, not in everyday standard English.
- The old farmer tried to vor the travellers about the flooded lane.
- She would vor her neighbours whenever storm clouds gathered.
- He didn't vor us in time, so we walked straight into the mud.
- The shepherd would vor his dog with a single sharp whistle before the gate closed.
- Village elders used to vor newcomers about the treacherous tide.
- I'll vor thee once more, and no more after that.
- The watchman's job was to vor the town of approaching riders.
- Nobody thought to vor the miller about the broken wheel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOR and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see VOR
- Shakespeare used the spelling vor to give characters a rustic West Country accent.
- Vor is one of several dialect words in which an initial f sound is voiced to v.
Words starting with VOR
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with VOR.
Words ending in VOR
15 words end in VOR. Useful as a back hook: play VOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with VOR inside
Showing 24 of 200 words that contain VOR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VOR
Common questions about VOR
- Is VOR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VOR is not in it.
- How many points is VOR worth?
- VOR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOR mean?
- To warn someone of danger or trouble ahead.
- What letters can be added to VOR?
- VOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VOR:
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