VULGUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VULGUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VULGUS?
| 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: 23 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VULGUS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VULGUS
No single letter turns VULGUS into another word.
How VULGUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VULGUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What does VULGUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The common people; also a short piece of Latin verse once set as an exercise in English public schools.
Vulgus is simply the Latin word for the crowd, and it is the root of vulgar. In the nineteenth century it also named a schoolroom task in which boys turned a given theme into Latin verse, a custom that has long since disappeared. Today the word is seen mainly in old books and in word lists.
How VULGUS is used
Rare and historical; the exercise sense belongs to old British schools.
- The poet claimed to despise the vulgus and its changing tastes.
- Each boy handed in his vulgus before the end of the lesson.
- The old master marked every vulgus with a red pen.
- He wrote of the vulgus as a crowd without a mind of its own.
- A vulgus on the subject of spring was set for Friday.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VULGUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VULGUS
1 longer words begin with VULGUS.
Shorter words from the letters in VULGUS
Common questions about VULGUS
- Is VULGUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VULGUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VULGUS worth?
- VULGUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VULGUS mean?
- The common people; also a short piece of Latin verse once set as an exercise in English public schools.
- What letters can be added to VULGUS?
- No single letter can be added to VULGUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VULGUS:
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