OLLA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. OLLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLLA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLLA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLLA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OLLA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OLLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does OLLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
regionalNorth American
A rounded earthenware pot used for cooking or storing water.
An olla is shaped with a wide body and narrow mouth so that water inside stays cool as it slowly seeps through the unglazed clay and evaporates. The word olla came into English from Spanish. It is still used in the southwestern United States and Latin America for these traditional clay pots.
How OLLA is used
Regional, chiefly southwestern United States and Latin America; used for both cooking pots and water jars.
- She filled the olla with fresh water from the well.
- The stew simmered slowly in a clay olla over the fire.
- Tourists bought a painted olla as a souvenir of the village.
- The old olla stood in the shade to keep the water cool.
- He set the olla on a stand woven from dried reeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OLLA
5 longer words begin with OLLA.
Words ending in OLLA
12 words end in OLLA. Useful as a back hook: play OLLA onto a word already on the board.
Words with OLLA inside
Showing 24 of 198 words that contain OLLA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OLLA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OLLA
Common questions about OLLA
- Is OLLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLLA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLLA worth?
- OLLA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLLA mean?
- A rounded earthenware pot used for cooking or storing water.
- What letters can be added to OLLA?
- OLLA takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OLLA:
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