OILMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OILMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OILMAN?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OILMAN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OILMAN
No single letter turns OILMAN into another word.
How OILMAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OILMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does OILMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who owns, operates or works in the business of extracting or selling petroleum.
An oilman might drill wells, run a refinery, or simply own the company behind them, but the word always points to someone whose living comes from petroleum rather than someone who merely uses it. In earlier centuries the same word described a shopkeeper who sold lamp oil and similar household goods, a trade that largely disappeared once petroleum replaced whale and vegetable oil for lighting. Modern use narrowed the term almost entirely to the petroleum industry.
How OILMAN is used
Common in business and political reporting on the petroleum industry, especially in regions where oil dominates the local economy.
- The town grew rich when a local oilman struck a new well nearby.
- Every oilman at the conference talked about falling crude prices.
- His grandfather had been an oilman in the fields of West Texas.
- The documentary follows a single oilman from wildcat drilling to boardroom deals.
- The county records name him as the area's first oilman.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OILMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OILMAN
The 6 tiles of OILMAN in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OILMAN
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Common questions about OILMAN
- Is OILMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OILMAN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OILMAN worth?
- OILMAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OILMAN mean?
- A person who owns, operates or works in the business of extracting or selling petroleum.
- What letters can be added to OILMAN?
- No single letter can be added to OILMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OILMAN:
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