Is OS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts OS, where it scores 2 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is OS worth?

OS is worth 2 points in Scrabble and 2 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to OS?

OS takes 16 hooks: 15 in front and 1 at the end.

OS is a valid Scrabble word — 2 points

Yes. OS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 2 in Words with Friends.

o1s1

PlayableOS · 2 letters · 2 pts Scrabble · 2 pts WWF

2points in Scrabble

2points in Words with Friends

2letters

16hooks available

1 in 155odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept OS?

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: 49 / 100

49WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful OS is to know. It scores 2 from 2 tiles, takes 16 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for OS

Front hooks — 15

bos5 cos5 dos4 gos4 hos6 ios3 kos7 los3 mos5 nos3 oos3 pos5 sos3 wos6 zos12

Back hooks — 1

ose3

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How OS scores

Scrabble o1s1 2

Words with Friends o1s1 2

Face value of the 2 tiles in OS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
o	1	8
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 155.

What stands out about OS

OS is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

What does OS mean in Scrabble?

noun

A bone; in anatomy also an opening or mouth.

How OS is used

The report described a narrow os at the base.
Each os was catalogued and numbered.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of OS and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Anagrams of OS

so2

The 2 tiles of OS in a different order — 1 found.

Words starting with OS

Showing 24 of 342 words that begin with OS.

Words ending in OS

bos5 cos5 dos4 gos4 hos6 ios3 kos7 los3 mos5 nos3 oos3 pos5 sos3 wos6 zos12 ados5 apos6 avos7 baos6 bios6 boos6 bros6 coos6 doos5

Showing 24 of 1668 words that end in OS. Useful as a back hook: play OS onto a word already on the board.

Words with OS inside

bosh9 bosk10 boss6 cose6 cosh9 coss6 cost6 cosy9 dosa5 dose5 dosh8 doss5 dost5 foss7 gosh8 goss5 hose7 hoss7 host7 josh14 joss11 koss8 lose4 losh7

Showing 24 of 8447 words that contain OS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Common questions about OS

Is OS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts OS, where it scores 2 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is OS worth?: OS is worth 2 points in Scrabble and 2 points in Words with Friends.
What does OS mean?: A bone; in anatomy also an opening or mouth.
What letters can be added to OS?: OS takes 16 hooks: 15 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 2 letters of OS:

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