OGIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OGIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OGIVE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OGIVE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OGIVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ogivesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OGIVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OGIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does OGIVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A pointed arch, especially a Gothic arch, or one of the diagonal ribs that cross a Gothic vault.
An ogive is the curved, pointed shape formed where two arcs meet at a sharp point, most familiar from the tall stone window frames and doorways of medieval cathedrals. Architects and engineers also apply the term to a sloping stone rib running across a vaulted ceiling and to the tapered, rounded nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket, since all three share the same smoothly curving profile. Statisticians borrowed the same word for the S-shaped curve produced when cumulative frequencies are plotted on a graph, because the curve's shape echoes the architectural original.
How OGIVE is used
Ogive is a technical term, used mainly in architecture, ballistics, and statistics rather than everyday conversation.
- The cathedral's window was framed by a tall stone ogive.
- Engineers shaped the missile's ogive to reduce air resistance during flight.
- Each rib of the vault met its neighbour in a sharp ogive overhead.
- The professor plotted the exam scores as an ogive to show cumulative results.
- Sunlight fell through the ogive above the chapel door.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OGIVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OGIVE
The 5 tiles of OGIVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OGIVE
1 longer words begin with OGIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in OGIVE
Common questions about OGIVE
- Is OGIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OGIVE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OGIVE worth?
- OGIVE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OGIVE mean?
- A pointed arch, especially a Gothic arch, or one of the diagonal ribs that cross a Gothic vault.
- What letters can be added to OGIVE?
- OGIVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OGIVE:
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