OPIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OPIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPIUM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPIUM is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
opiumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OPIUM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OPIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does OPIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A reddish-brown, heavy-scented narcotic drug obtained from the dried latex of the opium poppy, used illegally as a narcotic and occasionally in medicine to relieve pain.
Opium is harvested by scoring the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy and collecting the sticky latex that oozes out, which is then dried and processed. For centuries opium was smoked, eaten, or brewed into tinctures such as laudanum, and its powerful sedative and pain-relieving effects made it central to both traditional medicine and widespread addiction. Modern pharmaceutical morphine and codeine are refined from the same poppy latex that produces raw opium, linking the ancient drug directly to drugs still prescribed today. Because of its addictive power, opium production and trade are now tightly restricted in most countries.
How OPIUM is used
Opium appears in historical, medical, and legal contexts, from nineteenth-century literature to modern discussions of drug policy.
- The trader smuggled opium hidden inside bales of silk.
- Nineteenth-century doctors sometimes prescribed opium for chronic pain.
- Poppy farmers in the region still harvest opium by hand.
- The novel's opium den scenes shocked its first readers.
- International treaties now restrict the legal trade in opium.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OPIUM
3 longer words begin with OPIUM.
Words ending in OPIUM
4 words end in OPIUM. Useful as a back hook: play OPIUM onto a word already on the board.
Words with OPIUM inside
4 words contain OPIUM in the middle. Words that start with OPIUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OPIUM
Common questions about OPIUM
- Is OPIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPIUM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPIUM worth?
- OPIUM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPIUM mean?
- A reddish-brown, heavy-scented narcotic drug obtained from the dried latex of the opium poppy, used illegally as a narcotic and occasionally in medicine to relieve pain.
- What letters can be added to OPIUM?
- OPIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OPIUM:
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