OGHAMIST is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OGHAMIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OGHAMIST?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OGHAMIST is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OGHAMIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oghamistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OGHAMIST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OGHAMIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OGHAMIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OGHAMIST
- All 8 letters of OGHAMIST are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OGHAMIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A person who writes in ogham or studies that early Irish alphabet of notched strokes.
An oghamist works with inscriptions cut along the edges of standing stones. The word suits scholars of early Irish and also anyone who carved the script.
How OGHAMIST is used
Rare outside Celtic studies and puzzle lists.
- The oghamist copied the strokes from the stone by torchlight.
- A modern oghamist can read names that are over a thousand years old.
- The museum invited an oghamist to lecture on the new find.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OGHAMIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OGHAMIST
1 longer words begin with OGHAMIST.
Shorter words from the letters in OGHAMIST
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Common questions about OGHAMIST
- Is OGHAMIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OGHAMIST, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OGHAMIST worth?
- OGHAMIST is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OGHAMIST mean?
- A person who writes in ogham or studies that early Irish alphabet of notched strokes.
- What letters can be added to OGHAMIST?
- OGHAMIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OGHAMIST:
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