OGIVAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OGIVAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OGIVAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OGIVAL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OGIVAL
No single letter turns OGIVAL into another word.
How OGIVAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OGIVAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does OGIVAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Shaped like a pointed arch, or curved in the manner of an ogive.
Ogival describes forms with two curves that meet in a point, as in a Gothic window, a rib of a vault or the nose of a bullet. Architects use ogival for pointed arches, while engineers apply it to streamlined projectile tips. The word is built from ogive, the name of that curve.
How OGIVAL is used
Technical, found in architecture, ballistics and statistics, where an ogival curve plots cumulative totals.
- The cathedral porch has an ogival doorway carved with leaves.
- An ogival nose lets the shell cut through the air cleanly.
- The guide pointed out the ogival ribs of the vault.
- Her sketch showed a window with a slender ogival head.
- The missile had an ogival tip and a narrow tail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OGIVAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OGIVAL
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Common questions about OGIVAL
- Is OGIVAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OGIVAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OGIVAL worth?
- OGIVAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OGIVAL mean?
- Shaped like a pointed arch, or curved in the manner of an ogive.
- What letters can be added to OGIVAL?
- No single letter can be added to OGIVAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OGIVAL:
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