ODYLE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ODYLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ODYLE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ODYLE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ODYLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
odylesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ODYLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ODYLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,508.
What stands out about ODYLE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 ODYLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalarchaic
A hypothetical vital force once believed to pervade nature and living beings, proposed in the mid-nineteenth century to explain phenomena such as mesmerism and sensitivity to magnets.
The Austrian chemist Karl von Reichenbach coined the German term Od in the 1840s for this supposed force, and English writers extended it into odyle and the adjective odylic to describe the same idea. Believers claimed that certain sensitive people, called sensitives, could perceive odyle as glowing auras around magnets, crystals, and living bodies. The theory was never accepted by mainstream science and now survives mainly as a historical curiosity in the study of nineteenth-century pseudoscience.
How ODYLE is used
Historical and archaic noun; encountered today chiefly in discussions of nineteenth-century pseudoscience and spiritualism.
- Reichenbach believed odyle flowed from magnets toward sensitive observers.
- The lecture traced the rise and fall of odyle as a scientific theory.
- Victorian spiritualists often invoked odyle to explain strange sensations.
- Skeptics dismissed odyle as an invention with no measurable basis.
- Old pamphlets described odyle as a force akin to electricity or magnetism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ODYLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ODYLE
The 5 tiles of ODYLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ODYLE
1 longer words begin with ODYLE.
Words ending in ODYLE
1 words end in ODYLE. Useful as a back hook: play ODYLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ODYLE inside
1 words contain ODYLE in the middle. Words that start with ODYLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ODYLE
Common questions about ODYLE
- Is ODYLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ODYLE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ODYLE worth?
- ODYLE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ODYLE mean?
- A hypothetical vital force once believed to pervade nature and living beings, proposed in the mid-nineteenth century to explain phenomena such as mesmerism and sensitivity to magnets.
- What letters can be added to ODYLE?
- ODYLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ODYLE:
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