OPHTHALMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. OPHTHALMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPHTHALMIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPHTHALMIC is to know. It scores 22 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPHTHALMIC
No single letter turns OPHTHALMIC into another word.
How OPHTHALMIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OPHTHALMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OPHTHALMIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OPHTHALMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the eye or to the treatment of eye disease.
Ophthalmic covers clinics, instruments, drops and surgery connected with eyes. An ophthalmic surgeon is a medical doctor, which separates the term from an optician who fits glasses.
How OPHTHALMIC is used
Standard medical word, as in ophthalmic surgeon or ophthalmic drops.
- The ophthalmic surgeon examined the retina.
- She was prescribed ophthalmic drops for the infection.
- The hospital opened a new ophthalmic ward.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPHTHALMIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OPHTHALMIC
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Common questions about OPHTHALMIC
- Is OPHTHALMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPHTHALMIC, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPHTHALMIC worth?
- OPHTHALMIC is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPHTHALMIC mean?
- Relating to the eye or to the treatment of eye disease.
- What letters can be added to OPHTHALMIC?
- No single letter can be added to OPHTHALMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OPHTHALMIC:
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