ORATRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ORATRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORATRESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORATRESS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORATRESS
No single letter turns ORATRESS into another word.
How ORATRESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ORATRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ORATRESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ORATRESS
- The same 8 tiles also spell 4 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 ORATRESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rarearchaic
A woman who gives public speeches.
Oratress is the feminine form of orator, now seen as dated because orator is used for both sexes. You might still meet oratress in older books describing a famous speaker of the past.
How ORATRESS is used
Oratress is dated and appears mainly in historical or literary writing.
- The oratress held the crowd for an hour.
- Newspapers of the time praised her as a gifted oratress.
- An eloquent oratress stepped onto the platform.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORATRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORATRESS
The 8 tiles of ORATRESS in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ORATRESS
1 longer words begin with ORATRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in ORATRESS
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Common questions about ORATRESS
- Is ORATRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORATRESS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORATRESS worth?
- ORATRESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORATRESS mean?
- A woman who gives public speeches.
- What letters can be added to ORATRESS?
- No single letter can be added to ORATRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ORATRESS:
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