What ARDUOUS Means
- adjective: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort“worked their arduous way up the mining valley”
- adjective: taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance“his final, straining burst of speed”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ARDUOUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 R1 D2 U1 O1 U1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In ARDUOUS
95 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (3)
5 letter words (13)
4 letter words (35)
ADOSARDSDAURDORSDOURDUARDUOSDURADUROOARSODASORADORDSOSAROUDSOURSRADSROADRODSRUDSRUSASADOSARDSOARSODASORASORDSOURSURASURDUDOSURAOURDSURSAURUS
3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (12)
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