OGLE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. OGLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OGLE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OGLE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OGLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OGLE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OGLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about OGLE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OGLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To look at someone or something with obvious desire, admiration or curiosity, often in a way that makes the other person uncomfortable.
People ogle someone when they stare at them quite openly, usually with obvious interest or desire, lingering far longer than good manners allow. The word can also describe gazing greedily at an object such as a cake or a sports car, though staring at a person remains the far more common use of ogle today.
How OGLE is used
Informal, and often carries a critical or disapproving tone toward the person doing the staring.
- The tourists stopped to ogle the sports car parked outside the hotel.
- He tried not to ogle the dessert trolley as it passed.
- She complained that the men at the bar always ogle new customers.
- Passers-by stopped to ogle the strange sculpture in the square.
- It is rude to ogle other diners across the restaurant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OGLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OGLE
The 4 tiles of OGLE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with OGLE
4 longer words begin with OGLE.
Words ending in OGLE
4 words end in OGLE. Useful as a back hook: play OGLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with OGLE inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain OGLE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OGLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OGLE
Common questions about OGLE
- Is OGLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OGLE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OGLE worth?
- OGLE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OGLE mean?
- To look at someone or something with obvious desire, admiration or curiosity, often in a way that makes the other person uncomfortable.
- What letters can be added to OGLE?
- OGLE takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OGLE:
Open OGLE in the Word Finder