OESOPHAGUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. OESOPHAGUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OESOPHAGUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OESOPHAGUS is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OESOPHAGUS
No single letter turns OESOPHAGUS into another word.
How OESOPHAGUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OESOPHAGUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OESOPHAGUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OESOPHAGUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
The muscular tube that carries food from the throat down to the stomach.
The oesophagus is the British spelling of a word that Americans write without the o. Food moves along it by waves of muscle contraction, and doctors examine it for reflux and other disorders.
How OESOPHAGUS is used
Used in medical and anatomical writing in British English, as in cancer of the oesophagus.
- The doctor examined his oesophagus with a thin camera.
- Acid rising into the oesophagus causes heartburn.
- The oesophagus joins the throat to the stomach.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OESOPHAGUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OESOPHAGUS
1 longer words begin with OESOPHAGUS.
Shorter words from the letters in OESOPHAGUS
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Common questions about OESOPHAGUS
- Is OESOPHAGUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OESOPHAGUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OESOPHAGUS worth?
- OESOPHAGUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OESOPHAGUS mean?
- The muscular tube that carries food from the throat down to the stomach.
- What letters can be added to OESOPHAGUS?
- No single letter can be added to OESOPHAGUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OESOPHAGUS:
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