OLEORESIN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OLEORESIN 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 OLEORESIN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLEORESIN is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLEORESIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oleoresinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OLEORESIN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OLEORESIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OLEORESIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OLEORESIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A natural or prepared mixture of an essential oil and a resin, often taken from plants.
An oleoresin may flow from pine trees as a sticky sap, or be extracted from spices such as paprika and ginger for use as flavouring and colouring. It is thicker than a plain oil because of the dissolved resin.
How OLEORESIN is used
Used in botany, the food industry and perfumery.
- Turpentine is distilled from the oleoresin of pine trees.
- The sauce gets its colour from paprika oleoresin.
- An oleoresin of ginger gives a strong, concentrated flavour.
- Workers collect the oleoresin by cutting into the bark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLEORESIN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OLEORESIN
2 longer words begin with OLEORESIN.
Shorter words from the letters in OLEORESIN
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Common questions about OLEORESIN
- Is OLEORESIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLEORESIN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLEORESIN worth?
- OLEORESIN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLEORESIN mean?
- A natural or prepared mixture of an essential oil and a resin, often taken from plants.
- What letters can be added to OLEORESIN?
- OLEORESIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OLEORESIN:
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