ORTHODONTIA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ORTHODONTIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORTHODONTIA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORTHODONTIA is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORTHODONTIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orthodontiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORTHODONTIA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ORTHODONTIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ORTHODONTIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ORTHODONTIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The branch of dentistry that corrects crooked teeth and badly aligned jaws.
Orthodontia covers braces, retainers and other devices that move teeth into better positions. It is more common in American usage than in British writing, where the other form of the word is preferred.
How ORTHODONTIA is used
A dental term, mostly North American, for tooth-straightening treatment.
- She studied orthodontia after finishing dental school.
- Orthodontia can take two years or more to finish.
- The clinic offers orthodontia for children and adults.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORTHODONTIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORTHODONTIA
1 longer words begin with ORTHODONTIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ORTHODONTIA
Showing 40 of 376. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about ORTHODONTIA
- Is ORTHODONTIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORTHODONTIA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORTHODONTIA worth?
- ORTHODONTIA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORTHODONTIA mean?
- The branch of dentistry that corrects crooked teeth and badly aligned jaws.
- What letters can be added to ORTHODONTIA?
- ORTHODONTIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ORTHODONTIA:
Open ORTHODONTIA in the Word Finder