ZORRO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZORRO 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 14 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ZORRO?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZORRO is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZORRO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zorrosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZORRO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZORRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 179,256.
What does ZORRO mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A wild South American fox, a slender doglike animal found in forests and open grassland from Argentina north into Central America.
The Spanish word zorro simply means fox, and English borrowed it as the common name for several wild canids native to South America, such as the crab-eating zorro and the hoary zorro of the pampas. A zorro hunts small mammals, birds and insects and often scavenges near settlements, much like foxes elsewhere. Zoologists use zorro rather than fox to keep these South American species distinct from the true foxes of the genus Vulpes found in Europe, Asia and North America.
How ZORRO is used
Chiefly a zoological name for South American wild foxes; not to be confused with the fictional masked swordsman of the same name.
- A zorro trotted along the riverbank at dusk, hunting for rodents.
- The hoary zorro is one of several South American foxes given the name zorro by naturalists.
- Farmers in the region sometimes lose chickens to a hungry zorro.
- The guide pointed out fresh zorro tracks pressed into the mud.
- Unlike the true fox, a zorro belongs to a separate South American branch of the dog family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZORRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZORRO
1 longer words begin with ZORRO.
Shorter words from the letters in ZORRO
Common questions about ZORRO
- Is ZORRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZORRO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZORRO worth?
- ZORRO is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZORRO mean?
- A wild South American fox, a slender doglike animal found in forests and open grassland from Argentina north into Central America.
- What letters can be added to ZORRO?
- ZORRO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZORRO:
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