OGAM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. OGAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OGAM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OGAM is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OGAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ogamsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OGAM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OGAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does OGAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An early medieval Irish alphabet made up of groups of lines carved along a central stem.
Ogam inscriptions appear on standing stones across Ireland and parts of Britain, mostly recording personal names. Scholars still study ogam to learn about early Irish language and society before the widespread use of the Latin alphabet.
How OGAM is used
Used in archaeology, linguistics, and Celtic studies.
- The stone bore an ogam inscription carved along its edge.
- Archaeologists dated the ogam markings to the fifth century.
- Students of Old Irish often begin by learning the ogam alphabet.
- The museum displayed a rare ogam stone from County Kerry.
- Each notch in the ogam script represents a different letter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OGAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OGAM
2 longer words begin with OGAM.
Words ending in OGAM
5 words end in OGAM. Useful as a back hook: play OGAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with OGAM inside
Showing 24 of 145 words that contain OGAM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OGAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OGAM
Common questions about OGAM
- Is OGAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OGAM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OGAM worth?
- OGAM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OGAM mean?
- An early medieval Irish alphabet made up of groups of lines carved along a central stem.
- What letters can be added to OGAM?
- OGAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OGAM:
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