OCULUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OCULUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCULUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCULUS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCULUS
Front hooks — 1
loculusBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OCULUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OCULUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 776,076.
What does OCULUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A round window or eye-shaped opening in a building, especially one set at the top of a dome or the west end of a church.
The most famous oculus caps the dome of the Pantheon in Rome, an open circle that lets in the only daylight the building has and also drains rain straight through to the floor below. Architects since have used the word for any round opening built for light, air or decoration rather than for movement through it, distinguishing an oculus from an ordinary window. The Latin word simply means eye, the same root behind ocular and oculist.
How OCULUS is used
A term from architecture and art history, used when describing domes, rose windows and similar round openings.
- Sunlight poured through the oculus and traced a slow circle across the floor.
- The cathedral's west front is dominated by a great stone oculus.
- Rain falls freely through the open oculus of the ancient dome.
- The architect added a small oculus above the stairwell to bring in extra light.
- Restorers cleaned centuries of grime from the glass set into the oculus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCULUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OCULUS
Common questions about OCULUS
- Is OCULUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCULUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCULUS worth?
- OCULUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCULUS mean?
- A round window or eye-shaped opening in a building, especially one set at the top of a dome or the west end of a church.
- What letters can be added to OCULUS?
- OCULUS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OCULUS:
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