OLEORESINOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OLEORESINOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLEORESINOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLEORESINOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLEORESINOUS
No single letter turns OLEORESINOUS into another word.
How OLEORESINOUS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in OLEORESINOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OLEORESINOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OLEORESINOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Made of or resembling a mixture of oil and resin.
Pine and other conifers give off an oleoresinous sap that thickens into turpentine and rosin. Spice makers also speak of oleoresinous extracts, which carry both flavour oils and sticky resin in one concentrate.
How OLEORESINOUS is used
Technical, used in botany and in the spice and varnish trades.
- The oleoresinous sap oozed from the wound in the pine.
- An oleoresinous extract of paprika gives food a deep red colour.
- The varnish had a rich oleoresinous smell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLEORESINOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about OLEORESINOUS
- Is OLEORESINOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLEORESINOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLEORESINOUS worth?
- OLEORESINOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLEORESINOUS mean?
- Made of or resembling a mixture of oil and resin.
- What letters can be added to OLEORESINOUS?
- No single letter can be added to OLEORESINOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of OLEORESINOUS:
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