WALRUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WALRUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WALRUS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WALRUS is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WALRUS
No single letter turns WALRUS into another word.
How WALRUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WALRUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does WALRUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large marine mammal of Arctic waters, related to seals, with two long downward tusks and thick wrinkled skin.
A walrus uses its tusks to haul its heavy body onto ice and its bristly whiskers to find shellfish on the sea floor. The name comes through Dutch from a Scandinavian source, and it is also used for a drooping, bushy moustache that resembles the animal's whiskers.
How WALRUS is used
Used for the animal and, informally, for a thick drooping moustache.
- A walrus lay on the ice floe, scratching its flank with a tusk.
- The herd of walrus crowded onto the rocky beach.
- He grew a walrus moustache that hid his whole upper lip.
- The film crew waited hours for a walrus to surface.
- Tusks help a walrus climb out of the freezing water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WALRUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WALRUS
1 longer words begin with WALRUS.
Shorter words from the letters in WALRUS
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Common questions about WALRUS
- Is WALRUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WALRUS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WALRUS worth?
- WALRUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WALRUS mean?
- A large marine mammal of Arctic waters, related to seals, with two long downward tusks and thick wrinkled skin.
- What letters can be added to WALRUS?
- No single letter can be added to WALRUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WALRUS:
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