OLIGOPHAGY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. OLIGOPHAGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLIGOPHAGY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLIGOPHAGY is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLIGOPHAGY
No single letter turns OLIGOPHAGY into another word.
How OLIGOPHAGY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OLIGOPHAGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OLIGOPHAGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OLIGOPHAGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The habit of feeding on only a small range of foods, especially a few kinds of plants.
Biologists use oligophagy for animals that sit between generalists and strict specialists, such as an insect that eats just a handful of related plants. It is a useful idea when studying pests, because such species are easier to control through their food sources. A species with a single food plant is described by a more specific term.
How OLIGOPHAGY is used
A term from ecology and entomology.
- The moth's oligophagy limits it to a few related shrubs.
- Oligophagy can make a species vulnerable when its food plants decline.
- Researchers noted oligophagy in the beetle larvae.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLIGOPHAGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OLIGOPHAGY
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Common questions about OLIGOPHAGY
- Is OLIGOPHAGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLIGOPHAGY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLIGOPHAGY worth?
- OLIGOPHAGY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLIGOPHAGY mean?
- The habit of feeding on only a small range of foods, especially a few kinds of plants.
- What letters can be added to OLIGOPHAGY?
- No single letter can be added to OLIGOPHAGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OLIGOPHAGY:
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