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ORMOLUS

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ORMOLUS Means

ORMOLUS is a form of ORMOLU, which means:

  1. noun: brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ORMOLUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 R1 M3 O1 L1 U1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In ORMOLUS

91 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 (2)

5 letter words (14)

4 letter words (34)

3 letter words (29)

2 letter words (12)

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