OSCULANT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OSCULANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSCULANT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSCULANT is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSCULANT
No single letter turns OSCULANT into another word.
How OSCULANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OSCULANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OSCULANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OSCULANT
- All 8 letters of OSCULANT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OSCULANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Intermediate in character between two groups of living things, or clinging closely to something.
Naturalists call a species osculant when it shares features of two genera and so seems to link them. Older writing also uses it for creatures that cling or embrace, and even for kissing.
How OSCULANT is used
The adjective osculant is a rare term from natural history.
- The fossil is an osculant form between two families.
- An osculant species blurred the line between the groups.
- The naturalist described the caterpillar as osculant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSCULANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OSCULANT
The 8 tiles of OSCULANT in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OSCULANT
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Common questions about OSCULANT
- Is OSCULANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSCULANT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSCULANT worth?
- OSCULANT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSCULANT mean?
- Intermediate in character between two groups of living things, or clinging closely to something.
- What letters can be added to OSCULANT?
- No single letter can be added to OSCULANT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OSCULANT:
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