ORTHO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ORTHO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORTHO?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORTHO is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORTHO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orthosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORTHO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ORTHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 37,345.
What stands out about ORTHO
- ORTHO begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ORTHO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalchemistry
In chemistry, describing or occupying two adjacent positions on a benzene ring, as distinct from the meta and para positions; also an informal short form of terms such as orthodontics, orthopaedics, or orthochromatic.
Chemists label the six carbon positions around a benzene ring using the prefixes ortho, meta and para depending on how close two attached groups sit to one another, with ortho marking the closest, immediately adjacent pair. The same prefix, meaning straight or correct in Greek, underlies many longer scientific words, and English speakers regularly clip those longer words down to the single syllable ortho in casual conversation, saying they have an ortho appointment rather than an orthodontist or orthopaedic one. An older photographic sense also survives in reference works, where ortho names a type of film or plate sensitive across the full range of visible colours.
How ORTHO is used
A technical chemistry term for benzene ring positions, and separately an informal clipped form used for orthodontics, orthopaedics or similar longer words.
- The compound formed in the ortho position on the ring.
- She has an ortho appointment to adjust her braces.
- Chemists compared the ortho and para isomers of the acid.
- He works in the hospital's ortho department after the injury.
- The old plate was labelled ortho film in the archive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORTHO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORTHO
The 5 tiles of ORTHO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ORTHO
Showing 24 of 180 words that begin with ORTHO.
Words with ORTHO inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain ORTHO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ORTHO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ORTHO
Common questions about ORTHO
- Is ORTHO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORTHO, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORTHO worth?
- ORTHO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORTHO mean?
- In chemistry, describing or occupying two adjacent positions on a benzene ring, as distinct from the meta and para positions; also an informal short form of terms such as orthodontics, orthopaedics, or orthochromatic.
- What letters can be added to ORTHO?
- ORTHO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ORTHO:
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