OPSIN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. OPSIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPSIN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPSIN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPSIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
opsinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OPSIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OPSIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about OPSIN
- The same 5 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 OPSIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A light-sensitive protein found in the retina that combines with a pigment molecule to form the visual pigments used in vision.
Joined to the pigment molecule retinal, an opsin forms compounds such as rhodopsin, which absorbs light and starts the chain of signals the brain reads as sight. Different cone cells in the retina carry slightly different forms of the opsin, each tuned to respond best to a particular range of wavelengths, which is the basis of human color vision.
How OPSIN is used
A specialist term from biology and medicine, met mainly in discussion of the eye and the chemistry of vision.
- Rod cells contain an opsin that responds even in dim light.
- Each type of cone cell carries a different opsin tuned to a color range.
- Researchers study how a mutated opsin can cause color blindness.
- The opsin combines with retinal to form the pigment rhodopsin.
- Light striking the opsin triggers the first step of vision.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPSIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OPSIN
The 5 tiles of OPSIN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with OPSIN
1 longer words begin with OPSIN.
Words ending in OPSIN
4 words end in OPSIN. Useful as a back hook: play OPSIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with OPSIN inside
6 words contain OPSIN in the middle. Words that start with OPSIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OPSIN
Common questions about OPSIN
- Is OPSIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPSIN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPSIN worth?
- OPSIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPSIN mean?
- A light-sensitive protein found in the retina that combines with a pigment molecule to form the visual pigments used in vision.
- What letters can be added to OPSIN?
- OPSIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OPSIN:
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