OOSE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. OOSE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept OOSE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OOSE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OOSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OOSE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,918.
What does OOSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
Soft fluff or dust, especially the kind that gathers from wool or cloth.
Oose is the fine, fluffy waste that collects from wool as it is spun or worn. By extension it also names the everyday dust that gathers under furniture or in pockets. The word oose survives mainly in Scots speech rather than in standard English.
How OOSE is used
Scots; describes fluff or dust rather than a single strand of fibre.
- She brushed the oose from her woollen jumper.
- A layer of oose had gathered under the old bed.
- He picked bits of oose out of his coat pocket.
- The mill floor was thick with oose by the end of the day.
- Grandmother swept the oose from behind the sofa every week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OOSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OOSE
1 longer words begin with OOSE.
Words ending in OOSE
Showing 24 of 33 words that end in OOSE. Useful as a back hook: play OOSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with OOSE inside
Showing 24 of 116 words that contain OOSE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OOSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OOSE
Common questions about OOSE
- Is OOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and OOSE is not in it.
- How many points is OOSE worth?
- OOSE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OOSE mean?
- Soft fluff or dust, especially the kind that gathers from wool or cloth.
- What letters can be added to OOSE?
- OOSE takes 8 hooks: 7 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OOSE:
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