OOZY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. OOZY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OOZY?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OOZY is to know. It scores 16 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OOZY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OOZY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OOZY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 70,022.
What stands out about OOZY
- OOZY scores 16 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OOZY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Wet, slimy and soft underfoot.
Oozy comes from two different words that fell together: one meaning mud and one meaning sap or juice. The second gave English the ooze used in a tannery, which is a technical term still in use.
How OOZY is used
Before and after the noun.
- An oozy patch at the bottom of the field all winter.
- The word oozy comes from two separate roots.
- Oozy mud that pulls a boot off at the ankle.
- The oozy sense about sap gave the tannery its own technical term.
- Two oozy days after rain and the path is impassable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OOZY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in OOZY
7 words end in OOZY. Useful as a back hook: play OOZY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in OOZY
Common questions about OOZY
- Is OOZY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OOZY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OOZY worth?
- OOZY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OOZY mean?
- Wet, slimy and soft underfoot.
- What letters can be added to OOZY?
- OOZY takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OOZY:
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