OLIVARY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OLIVARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLIVARY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLIVARY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLIVARY
No single letter turns OLIVARY into another word.
How OLIVARY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OLIVARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does OLIVARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Shaped like an olive, or relating to the olive-shaped bulge in the brain stem.
In anatomy olivary refers to the oval structure on the side of the medulla oblongata and the nucleus inside it. The word appears in neurology texts and is not heard in everyday talk. The plain meaning of olive-shaped also applies to small bodies in other organs.
How OLIVARY is used
A neuroanatomical adjective used for olive-shaped structures, especially in the medulla.
- The olivary nucleus plays a role in coordinating movement.
- A scan showed swelling in the olivary region of the brain stem.
- The student labelled the olivary body on the diagram.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLIVARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OLIVARY
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Common questions about OLIVARY
- Is OLIVARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLIVARY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLIVARY worth?
- OLIVARY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLIVARY mean?
- Shaped like an olive, or relating to the olive-shaped bulge in the brain stem.
- What letters can be added to OLIVARY?
- No single letter can be added to OLIVARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OLIVARY:
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