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ONUS

4 letters, 4 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ONUS Means

  1. noun: an onerous or difficult concern“the burden of responsibility”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ONUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 N1 U1 S1.

Anagrams of ONUS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In ONUS

16 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.

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing ONUS

ONUS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.