OPPIDAN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OPPIDAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPPIDAN?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPPIDAN is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPPIDAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oppidansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OPPIDAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OPPIDAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does OPPIDAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A person who lives in a town, or at Eton College a pupil who lodges outside the school's own boarding houses.
Outside Eton the word oppidan is now old-fashioned and bookish. At the school it contrasts with the scholars, who were once the only boys lodged and fed by the college itself.
How OPPIDAN is used
Oppidan is used in British writing about Eton or, rarely, as a literary word for a townsman.
- As an oppidan, he lived in a house in the town.
- The old register listed every oppidan by year.
- The scholars and the oppidan boys shared lessons but not lodgings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPPIDAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OPPIDAN
1 longer words begin with OPPIDAN.
Shorter words from the letters in OPPIDAN
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Common questions about OPPIDAN
- Is OPPIDAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPPIDAN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPPIDAN worth?
- OPPIDAN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPPIDAN mean?
- A person who lives in a town, or at Eton College a pupil who lodges outside the school's own boarding houses.
- What letters can be added to OPPIDAN?
- OPPIDAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OPPIDAN:
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