ORPINE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ORPINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORPINE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORPINE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORPINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORPINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ORPINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What stands out about ORPINE
- The same 6 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 ORPINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A succulent plant of the stonecrop family with fleshy leaves and clusters of pink or purple flowers, native to Europe and naturalized in North America.
Orpine is the common name for Sedum telephium, a hardy perennial that stores water in its thick leaves and can survive being uprooted for weeks, which is why older writers called it live-forever or livelong. It grows wild on dry banks, old walls and waste ground, and gardeners also plant it in borders for its late-summer flower heads, which draw butterflies and bees. The name reached English through French, and the flowers themselves usually appear pink to purplish rather than the orange-red the old dye name once suggested. Unlike many stonecrops grown mainly for foliage, orpine is valued as much for its flowers as for its succulent leaves.
How ORPINE is used
Chiefly a gardening and wildflower-guide term, used for the plant Sedum telephium rather than in everyday speech.
- The orpine along the wall had survived weeks without rain.
- She planted orpine at the back of the border for its autumn flowers.
- Foragers sometimes mistake orpine for other fleshy-leaved stonecrops.
- Bees crowded around the orpine's pink flower heads.
- The field guide listed orpine under its old name, live-forever.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORPINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORPINE
The 6 tiles of ORPINE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ORPINE
1 longer words begin with ORPINE.
Shorter words from the letters in ORPINE
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Common questions about ORPINE
- Is ORPINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORPINE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORPINE worth?
- ORPINE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORPINE mean?
- A succulent plant of the stonecrop family with fleshy leaves and clusters of pink or purple flowers, native to Europe and naturalized in North America.
- What letters can be added to ORPINE?
- ORPINE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ORPINE:
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