OCCLUDE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OCCLUDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCCLUDE?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCCLUDE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCCLUDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCCLUDE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OCCLUDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,605 thousand.
What does OCCLUDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To block or close up an opening or passage so that nothing can get through.
Doctors say an artery can occlude when something narrows it until blood barely moves. Dentists use the same word for the way upper and lower teeth meet, and chemists for a solid that traps a gas inside itself.
How OCCLUDE is used
Occlude appears mostly in medical, dental and scientific writing rather than in everyday speech.
- A blood clot can occlude a vessel in the leg.
- Thick smoke began to occlude the view from the tower.
- The upper and lower teeth should occlude evenly.
- Metals such as palladium can occlude hydrogen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCCLUDE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCCLUDE
6 longer words begin with OCCLUDE.
Shorter words from the letters in OCCLUDE
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Common questions about OCCLUDE
- Is OCCLUDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCCLUDE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCCLUDE worth?
- OCCLUDE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCCLUDE mean?
- To block or close up an opening or passage so that nothing can get through.
- What letters can be added to OCCLUDE?
- OCCLUDE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OCCLUDE:
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