OORIE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. OORIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OORIE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OORIE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 8.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OORIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OORIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OORIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,149.
What does OORIE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
Chilled and shivery, or dismal and gloomy in a way that makes one shrink from cold, raw weather; a Scots word.
Oorie describes the particular discomfort of standing out in raw, damp, cold weather, the kind that makes a person hunch their shoulders and pull their coat tighter. Scots writers extend it beyond weather to a bleak, dreary mood or scene, so an oorie morning can feel both cold and depressing at once. The word has no single ordinary English equivalent that captures both the physical chill and the low, huddled feeling together, which is why it survives as its own Scots word rather than fading into cold or dreary. It is still heard in Scotland, particularly in rural speech and older writing.
How OORIE is used
A Scots dialect word, used mainly in Scotland for raw, chilling weather or a bleak, dreary mood, rather than in standard English.
- It was an oorie, drizzling morning on the hillside.
- She felt oorie standing at the bus stop in the wind.
- The oorie mist crept over the moor at dusk.
- He shivered, oorie in his thin jacket.
- An oorie chill settled over the empty harbor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OORIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OORIE
2 longer words begin with OORIE.
Words ending in OORIE
3 words end in OORIE. Useful as a back hook: play OORIE onto a word already on the board.
Words with OORIE inside
8 words contain OORIE in the middle. Words that start with OORIE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OORIE
Common questions about OORIE
- Is OORIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OORIE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OORIE worth?
- OORIE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OORIE mean?
- Chilled and shivery, or dismal and gloomy in a way that makes one shrink from cold, raw weather; a Scots word.
- What letters can be added to OORIE?
- OORIE takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OORIE:
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