OOZE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OOZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OOZE?
| 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 OOZE is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OOZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OOZE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OOZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 11,670.
What does OOZE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Soft mud, especially on a sea bed.
Deep-sea ooze is made from the shells of tiny organisms and covers most of the ocean floor, in places hundreds of metres thick. Geologists name each kind after whatever fell into it.
How OOZE is used
Uncountable. Also a verb: oozed, oozes.
- Deep-sea ooze is mostly the shells of tiny organisms.
- The word ooze covers mud and a slow leak alike.
- Water oozed through the wall for a fortnight.
- Two kinds of ooze named after two organisms.
- A layer of ooze can be hundreds of metres thick.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OOZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OOZE
2 longer words begin with OOZE.
Words ending in OOZE
6 words end in OOZE. Useful as a back hook: play OOZE onto a word already on the board.
Words with OOZE inside
Showing 24 of 26 words that contain OOZE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OOZE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OOZE
Common questions about OOZE
- Is OOZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OOZE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OOZE worth?
- OOZE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OOZE mean?
- Soft mud, especially on a sea bed.
- What letters can be added to OOZE?
- OOZE takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OOZE:
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