ODIOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ODIOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ODIOUS?
| 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 ODIOUS is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ODIOUS
No single letter turns ODIOUS into another word.
How ODIOUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ODIOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 73,912.
What stands out about ODIOUS
- ODIOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ODIOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formalliterary
Extremely unpleasant or repulsive, deserving strong dislike or hatred.
Odious is a strong word, reserved for things that provoke real revulsion rather than mild annoyance: an odious smell, an odious crime, or an odious habit all go well beyond merely disagreeable. The word is most at home describing behaviour, character or moral failings, where it carries a judgment of the person as well as the act. Writers reach for odious when unpleasant or disagreeable feel too mild for what they mean.
How ODIOUS is used
Formal and literary in tone; used for behaviour or qualities that provoke strong dislike rather than minor irritation.
- His odious manner made the whole meeting unbearable.
- The critics called the plan odious and unworkable.
- She found the smell coming from the drain truly odious.
- Few tasks felt more odious than cleaning the flooded basement.
- History remembers him chiefly for his odious cruelty to prisoners.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ODIOUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ODIOUS
The 6 tiles of ODIOUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ODIOUS
3 longer words begin with ODIOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in ODIOUS
Common questions about ODIOUS
- Is ODIOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ODIOUS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ODIOUS worth?
- ODIOUS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ODIOUS mean?
- Extremely unpleasant or repulsive, deserving strong dislike or hatred.
- What letters can be added to ODIOUS?
- No single letter can be added to ODIOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ODIOUS:
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