OPPILATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OPPILATE 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 OPPILATE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPPILATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPPILATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OPPILATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OPPILATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OPPILATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OPPILATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To block or stop up a passage, as with obstructing matter.
Oppilate belongs to older medical vocabulary, where doctors spoke of pores or vessels being clogged. Few people use it now, so it mostly turns up in dictionaries and word lists.
How OPPILATE is used
Archaic-sounding and almost never used in everyday speech.
- Fatty deposits can oppilate the narrow vessels.
- The physician feared that the cold would oppilate the pores.
- Leaves and silt will oppilate the pipe before long.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPPILATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OPPILATE
2 longer words begin with OPPILATE.
Shorter words from the letters in OPPILATE
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Common questions about OPPILATE
- Is OPPILATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPPILATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPPILATE worth?
- OPPILATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPPILATE mean?
- To block or stop up a passage, as with obstructing matter.
- What letters can be added to OPPILATE?
- OPPILATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OPPILATE:
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