ORAD is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ORAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORAD?
| 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 ORAD is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORAD
Front hooks — 1
doradBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ORAD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ORAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What does ORAD mean in Scrabble?
adverb
technical
Toward the mouth; in the direction of the mouth, used chiefly in anatomy.
Orad is a direction word built like other anatomical terms ending in -ad, such as caudad, meaning toward the tail. Anatomists use it to say that a structure lies or moves toward the mouth rather than toward the back of the body. The opposite direction, away from the mouth, is called aborad.
How ORAD is used
Technical anatomical vocabulary; not used outside scientific or medical writing.
- The nerve fibres run orad from the pharynx toward the lips.
- The textbook describes the muscle as pulling the jaw orad.
- Food moves orad only briefly during a reflex gag.
- The surgeon noted the tumour sat orad to the tonsil.
- Blood flow in that vessel was measured moving orad.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORAD
The 4 tiles of ORAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in ORAD
2 words end in ORAD. Useful as a back hook: play ORAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with ORAD inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain ORAD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ORAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ORAD
Common questions about ORAD
- Is ORAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORAD, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORAD worth?
- ORAD is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORAD mean?
- Toward the mouth; in the direction of the mouth, used chiefly in anatomy.
- What letters can be added to ORAD?
- ORAD takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ORAD:
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