OCA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. OCA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCA is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OCA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does OCA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A South American plant grown for its edible tubers.
Oca is grown high in the Andes where potatoes struggle, and it was carried to New Zealand in the nineteenth century, where it is sold as the New Zealand yam. Most people who eat it have never come across the original name.
How OCA is used
Countable and uncountable.
- Oca grows higher up the mountain than potatoes will.
- The word oca comes from Quechua.
- New Zealand sells oca under a different name entirely.
- A crop of oca stores through the winter.
- Two varieties of oca, one yellow and one red.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCA
3 longer words begin with OCA.
Words ending in OCA
8 words end in OCA. Useful as a back hook: play OCA onto a word already on the board.
Words with OCA inside
Showing 24 of 885 words that contain OCA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OCA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about OCA
- Is OCA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCA worth?
- OCA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCA mean?
- A South American plant grown for its edible tubers.
- What letters can be added to OCA?
- OCA takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OCA:
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