OOPHYTE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. OOPHYTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OOPHYTE?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OOPHYTE is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OOPHYTE
Front hooks — 1
zoophyteBack hooks — 1
oophytesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OOPHYTE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OOPHYTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 992,532.
What does OOPHYTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The gametophyte stage of a moss, liverwort or fern, which grows from a spore and produces eggs and sperm.
In plant biology the oophyte marks the generation that carries the sexual organs, as opposed to the spore-bearing stage. The word is old and has largely been replaced by gametophyte in modern textbooks.
How OOPHYTE is used
Oophyte appears in botanical texts, most often in older ones, when describing life cycles of simple plants.
- The oophyte of a fern is a small green heart-shaped plate.
- A student sketched the oophyte beside the fully grown moss.
- Older manuals call this stage the oophyte rather than the gametophyte.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OOPHYTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OOPHYTE
1 longer words begin with OOPHYTE.
Shorter words from the letters in OOPHYTE
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Common questions about OOPHYTE
- Is OOPHYTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OOPHYTE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OOPHYTE worth?
- OOPHYTE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OOPHYTE mean?
- The gametophyte stage of a moss, liverwort or fern, which grows from a spore and produces eggs and sperm.
- What letters can be added to OOPHYTE?
- OOPHYTE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OOPHYTE:
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