Is OR valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts OR, where it scores 2 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is OR worth?

OR is worth 2 points in Scrabble and 2 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to OR?

OR takes 22 hooks: 13 in front and 9 at the end.

OR is a valid Scrabble word — 2 points

Yes. OR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 2 in Words with Friends.

o1r1

PlayableOR · 2 letters · 2 pts Scrabble · 2 pts WWF

2points in Scrabble

2points in Words with Friends

2letters

22hooks available

1 in 103odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept OR?

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: 51 / 100

51WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful OR is to know. It scores 2 from 2 tiles, takes 22 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for OR

Front hooks — 13

bor5 cor5 dor4 for6 gor4 jor10 kor7 lor3 mor5 nor3 oor3 tor3 vor6

Back hooks — 9

ora3 orb5 orc5 ord4 ore3 orf6 org4 ors3 ort3

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How OR scores

Scrabble o1r1 2

Words with Friends o1r1 2

Face value of the 2 tiles in OR, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
o	1	8
r	1	6

Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 103.

What stands out about OR

OR is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

What does OR mean in Scrabble?

conjunction

Introducing an alternative between two or more things.

How OR is used

Tea or coffee, whichever is quicker.
We can walk or wait for the next bus.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of OR and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Words starting with OR

ora3 orb5 orc5 ord4 ore3 orf6 org4 ors3 ort3 orad5 oral4 orbs6 orby9 orca6 orcs6 ordo5 ords5 ores4 orfe7 orfs7 orgs5 orgy8 orle4 orra4

Showing 24 of 911 words that begin with OR.

Words ending in OR

bor5 cor5 dor4 for6 gor4 jor10 kor7 lor3 mor5 nor3 oor3 tor3 vor6 boor6 door5 flor7 goor5 hoor7 khor11 loor4 moor6 odor5 poor6 abhor10

Showing 24 of 1363 words that end in OR. Useful as a back hook: play OR onto a word already on the board.

Words with OR inside

bora6 bord7 bore6 bork10 borm8 born6 bors6 bort6 cord7 core6 corf9 cork10 corm8 corn6 cors6 cory9 dorb7 dore5 dork9 dorm7 dorp7 dorr5 dors5 dort5

Showing 24 of 17758 words that contain OR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Common questions about OR

Is OR valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts OR, where it scores 2 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is OR worth?: OR is worth 2 points in Scrabble and 2 points in Words with Friends.
What does OR mean?: Introducing an alternative between two or more things.
What letters can be added to OR?: OR takes 22 hooks: 13 in front and 9 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 2 letters of OR:

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