OCELLUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OCELLUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCELLUS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCELLUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCELLUS
No single letter turns OCELLUS into another word.
How OCELLUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OCELLUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 868,466.
What does OCELLUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small simple eye found in many invertebrates, or an eyelike spot of colour on a wing or tail.
An ocellus is built far more simply than a compound eye, and it mainly detects light. The same word names the round spots on butterfly wings and peacock feathers, which scare off or distract predators. The plural is ocelli.
How OCELLUS is used
Ocellus is used in zoology and natural history writing.
- Each ocellus on the moth wing resembled a staring eye.
- The insect has an ocellus on the top of its head.
- A peacock feather ends in a bright ocellus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCELLUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OCELLUS
The 7 tiles of OCELLUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OCELLUS
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Common questions about OCELLUS
- Is OCELLUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCELLUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCELLUS worth?
- OCELLUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCELLUS mean?
- A small simple eye found in many invertebrates, or an eyelike spot of colour on a wing or tail.
- What letters can be added to OCELLUS?
- No single letter can be added to OCELLUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OCELLUS:
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