ORTHOCENTER is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ORTHOCENTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORTHOCENTER?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORTHOCENTER is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORTHOCENTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orthocentersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORTHOCENTER scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ORTHOCENTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ORTHOCENTER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ORTHOCENTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The point where the three altitudes of a triangle meet.
In an acute triangle the orthocenter lies inside, in a right triangle it sits at the right-angle corner, and in an obtuse one it falls outside. Along with the centroid and circumcenter, it lies on the Euler line.
How ORTHOCENTER is used
A geometry term; the spelling orthocentre is common in British English.
- Students were asked to construct the orthocenter of the triangle.
- The orthocenter of a right triangle is its right-angle vertex.
- The proof shows that the orthocenter lies on the Euler line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORTHOCENTER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORTHOCENTER
The 11 tiles of ORTHOCENTER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ORTHOCENTER
1 longer words begin with ORTHOCENTER.
Shorter words from the letters in ORTHOCENTER
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Common questions about ORTHOCENTER
- Is ORTHOCENTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORTHOCENTER, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORTHOCENTER worth?
- ORTHOCENTER is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORTHOCENTER mean?
- The point where the three altitudes of a triangle meet.
- What letters can be added to ORTHOCENTER?
- ORTHOCENTER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ORTHOCENTER:
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