OCOTILLO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OCOTILLO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCOTILLO?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCOTILLO is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCOTILLO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ocotillosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCOTILLO scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OCOTILLO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OCOTILLO has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OCOTILLO
- OCOTILLO begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OCOTILLO mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A spiny desert shrub of the south-western United States and Mexico, with long thin branches and red flowers.
An ocotillo looks like a cluster of bare whips for most of the year and puts out leaves soon after rain. People sometimes plant it as a hedge, and it is not a true cactus despite appearances.
How OCOTILLO is used
The noun ocotillo is used in writing about desert plants and gardens in the American south-west.
- A red-flowered ocotillo stood beside the dry road.
- The ocotillo turns green quickly after a rainstorm.
- They planted an ocotillo hedge along the fence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCOTILLO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCOTILLO
1 longer words begin with OCOTILLO.
Shorter words from the letters in OCOTILLO
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Common questions about OCOTILLO
- Is OCOTILLO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCOTILLO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCOTILLO worth?
- OCOTILLO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCOTILLO mean?
- A spiny desert shrub of the south-western United States and Mexico, with long thin branches and red flowers.
- What letters can be added to OCOTILLO?
- OCOTILLO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OCOTILLO:
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