OMMATIDIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. OMMATIDIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OMMATIDIAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OMMATIDIAL is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OMMATIDIAL
No single letter turns OMMATIDIAL into another word.
How OMMATIDIAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OMMATIDIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OMMATIDIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OMMATIDIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to an ommatidium, one of the tiny optical units that make up the compound eye of an insect or crustacean.
You meet ommatidial in entomology and vision research, where the number and arrangement of lenses decide how sharp an insect sees. It always refers back to the many-lensed structure of a compound eye.
How OMMATIDIAL is used
Used in scientific writing, as in ommatidial structure or ommatidial count.
- The ommatidial count of a dragonfly is among the highest of any insect.
- Researchers studied the ommatidial arrangement under a microscope.
- Damage to the ommatidial surface left the fly nearly blind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OMMATIDIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OMMATIDIAL
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Common questions about OMMATIDIAL
- Is OMMATIDIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OMMATIDIAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OMMATIDIAL worth?
- OMMATIDIAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OMMATIDIAL mean?
- Relating to an ommatidium, one of the tiny optical units that make up the compound eye of an insect or crustacean.
- What letters can be added to OMMATIDIAL?
- No single letter can be added to OMMATIDIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OMMATIDIAL:
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