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Yes. The word orature is a Scrabble US word. The word orature is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word orature is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

O1R1A1T1U1R1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

ORATURE,

6-letter words (3 found)

RETOUR,ROUTER,TOURER,

5-letter words (14 found)

ARRET,OATER,ORATE,OUTER,OUTRE,RATER,RETRO,ROATE,ROUTE,TARRE,TERRA,TRUER,URARE,URATE,

4-letter words (32 found)

AERO,ARET,AUTO,EURO,ORRA,OUTA,RARE,RATE,RATO,RATU,REAR,ROAR,RORE,RORT,ROTA,ROTE,ROUE,ROUT,RUER,TARE,TARO,TEAR,TOEA,TORA,TORE,TORR,TOUR,TROU,TRUE,TURR,URAO,UREA,

3-letter words (34 found)

ARE,ART,ATE,AUE,EAR,EAT,EAU,ERA,ERR,ETA,OAR,OAT,ORA,ORE,ORT,OUR,OUT,RAT,REO,RET,ROE,ROT,RUE,RUT,TAE,TAO,TAR,TAU,TEA,TOE,TOR,URE,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,OE,OR,OU,RE,TA,TE,TO,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 100 words from orature according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of orature

orature

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒɹətʃə/, /ˈɔː-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹət͡ʃɚ/, /ˈɔɹəˌt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹ/, /-ˌt(j)ʊ-/
  • Hyphenation: ora‧ture

Etymology 1

Blend of oral +‎ literature, said to have been coined by the Ugandan linguist and literary theorist Pio Zirimu (died 1977): see the 1972 quotation.

Noun

orature (countable and uncountable, plural oratures)

  1. The oral equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk songs, stories, etc., that is communicated orally rather than in writing. [from 1970s]
    Synonym: oral literature
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Etymology 2

From Scots oratur, orature, a variant of oratour, oritour, from Middle English oritore, a variant of ōrātōrī, ōrātōrīe (“room or other place for prayer or private study; chapel, church, temple; shrine”), from Old French oratur, orator, oratore, oratori, oratour (modern French oratoire (“oratory; oratorical”)), from Latin ōrātōrium, from ōrātōrius (“oratorical”), from ōrātor (“orator, speaker”) (from ōrō (“to deliver a speech, orate”), from ōs (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s (“mouth”)) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

Noun

orature (plural oratures)

  1. (Scotland, chiefly Christianity, archaic) Variant of oratour (“a small room or chapel used for prayer and worship, or for private study; an oratory”).
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References

Further reading

  • oral literature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Participle

ōrātūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of ōrātūrus

Middle English

Noun

orature

  1. Alternative form of oratour

Source: wiktionary.org