Is URAEI a valid word?

URAEI is the plural of URAEUS, the upright cobra worn on the headdress of ancient Egyptian rulers as a symbol of royal power; URAEUSES is valid too. URAEI clears four vowels, U, A, E and I, with just an R. Picture the golden cobra rising from the front of a pharaoh's crown. The cobra stood for the goddess Wadjet, protector of the pharaoh. Museum statues of pharaohs often show the cobra rearing at the brow. In hieroglyphs the cobra sign often protects a royal name.

Before any bonus squares: U 1 + R 1 + A 1 + E 1 + I 1 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Later in the game, put the U on a 3L square and URAEI is worth 7 before any word bonus.

Swap any one letter of URAEI and these are still words:

These use exactly the letters of URAEI:

URAEI is the plural of URAEUS, the cobra on a pharaoh's crown.

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