ODS is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ODS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ODS?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ODS is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 14 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ODS
Back hooks — 1
odsoChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ODS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ODS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,263.
What stands out about ODS
- The same 3 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ODS mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalslang
To take a dangerously large, excessive dose of a drug; the third-person singular present of OD.
Ods follows the regular English pattern for adding s to a verb's third-person singular form, here applied to OD, itself short for overdose. News reports and casual speech use it when describing someone taking far more of a drug than is safe.
How ODS is used
Informal and mostly spoken or journalistic, not used in formal or clinical writing.
- The report said a user rarely ods on that drug alone.
- Paramedics warned that mixing the pills often ods a patient faster.
- The show's plot follows a character who nearly ods in the first episode.
- Doctors explained how easily someone ods on an unfamiliar dose.
- The documentary described how a person typically ods on the substance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ODS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ODS
The 3 tiles of ODS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ODS
1 longer words begin with ODS.
Words ending in ODS
Showing 24 of 426 words that end in ODS. Useful as a back hook: play ODS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ODS inside
Showing 24 of 94 words that contain ODS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ODS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ODS
Common questions about ODS
- Is ODS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ODS, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ODS worth?
- ODS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ODS mean?
- To take a dangerously large, excessive dose of a drug; the third-person singular present of OD.
- What letters can be added to ODS?
- ODS takes 14 hooks: 13 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ODS:
Open ODS in the Word Finder