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Yes. The word arduous is a Scrabble US word. The word arduous is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is arduous a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word arduous is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

ARDUOUS,

6-letter words (3 found)

AUROUS,DOUARS,DOURAS,

5-letter words (13 found)

DAURS,DORSA,DOUAR,DOURA,DUARS,DURAS,DUROS,ROADS,RUDAS,SAROD,SORDA,SUDOR,URAOS,

4-letter words (36 found)

ADOS,ARDS,DAUR,DORS,DOSA,DOUR,DUAR,DUOS,DURA,DURO,OARS,ODAS,ORAD,ORDS,OSAR,OUDS,OURS,RADS,ROAD,RODS,RUDS,RUSA,SADO,SARD,SOAR,SODA,SORA,SORD,SOUR,SURA,SURD,UDOS,URAO,URDS,URSA,URUS,

3-letter words (32 found)

ADO,ADS,ARD,ARS,DAS,DOR,DOS,DSO,DUO,OAR,ODA,ODS,ORA,ORD,ORS,OUD,OUR,OUS,RAD,RAS,ROD,RUD,SAD,SAR,SAU,SOD,SOU,SUD,SUR,UDO,UDS,URD,

2-letter words (12 found)

AD,AR,AS,DA,DO,OD,OR,OS,OU,SO,UR,US,

You can make 97 words from arduous according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of arduous

arduous

Etymology

From Latin arduus (“lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious”), akin to Irish ard (“high”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.djuː.əs/, /ˈɑː.d͡ʒuː.əs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.d͡ʒu.əs/

Adjective

arduous (comparative more arduous, superlative most arduous)

  1. Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:arduous.
  2. (obsolete) burning; ardent
    • 1805-1814, Dante, Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy
  3. Difficult or exhausting to traverse.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:arduous.

Synonyms

  • burdensome, demanding, exhausting, fatiguing, laborious, onerous, strenuous, strugglesome, wearisome

Derived terms

  • arduousness

Related terms

  • arduity
  • once-arduous

Translations

Further reading

  • “arduous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “arduous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “arduous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org