OROGENIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OROGENIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OROGENIC?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OROGENIC is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OROGENIC
No single letter turns OROGENIC into another word.
How OROGENIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OROGENIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OROGENIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OROGENIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the processes that build mountain ranges.
Geologists call a belt of folded and uplifted rock orogenic when it formed as continents collided. Orogenic events take tens of millions of years. The Alps and the Himalayas are products of such activity.
How OROGENIC is used
Used in geology texts about mountain building.
- The orogenic belt runs along the western coast.
- Orogenic uplift raised the old seabed.
- They studied an orogenic episode from ancient times.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OROGENIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OROGENIC
1 longer words begin with OROGENIC.
Shorter words from the letters in OROGENIC
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Common questions about OROGENIC
- Is OROGENIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OROGENIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OROGENIC worth?
- OROGENIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OROGENIC mean?
- Relating to the processes that build mountain ranges.
- What letters can be added to OROGENIC?
- No single letter can be added to OROGENIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OROGENIC:
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