OPES is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OPES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPES?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPES is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OPES scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OPES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What stands out about OPES
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OPES mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterarypoetic
To open; an old and poetic form of the verb open, used chiefly with he, she, or it.
Opes turns up in older poems, hymns and translations where a flower opes its petals or a gate opes onto eternity. The form comes from the now-rare verb ope, meaning to open, and modern English keeps only open for ordinary use.
How OPES is used
Archaic and poetic; found in older verse and quotation, not in everyday modern writing.
- The lily opes its petals at first light.
- The old hymn speaks of a gate that opes on eternity.
- In the poem, dawn opes the sky like a curtain.
- He quoted the line where memory opes an ancient door.
- The translation keeps the archaic opes instead of opens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OPES
The 4 tiles of OPES in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in OPES
Showing 24 of 200 words that end in OPES. Useful as a back hook: play OPES onto a word already on the board.
Words with OPES inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain OPES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OPES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OPES
Common questions about OPES
- Is OPES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPES, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPES worth?
- OPES is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPES mean?
- To open; an old and poetic form of the verb open, used chiefly with he, she, or it.
- What letters can be added to OPES?
- OPES takes 8 hooks: 8 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OPES:
Open OPES in the Word Finder