Is SCOURING a word?
SCOURING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 2 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, SCOURING is a valid word.
What does scouring mean?
noun: moving over territory to search for something.
“scouring the entire area revealed nothing”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
SCOURING: word details
- Pronunciation: SKOW-ur-ihng (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of scouring
Shorter words inside scouring
Words you can make from the letters of scouring.
Solve a whole rack, not just SCOURING
SCOURING is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does SCOURING mean?
SCOURING is a noun. It means: moving over territory to search for something.
Is SCOURING a valid word?
Yes, SCOURING is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.