OSCULE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OSCULE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSCULE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSCULE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSCULE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
osculesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OSCULE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OSCULE, 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 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 97,009.
What does OSCULE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small opening in the body of a sponge through which filtered water is expelled.
Sponges draw water in through many tiny pores and pump it out again through one or more larger openings called oscules, carrying away waste and carbon dioxide. The word comes from Latin osculum, a little mouth, because early naturalists thought the opening looked like a tiny mouth. Marine biologists use oscule when describing sponge anatomy, distinguishing the outflow opening from the many smaller intake pores on the sponge's surface. The size and number of oscules can vary widely between sponge species.
How OSCULE is used
A specialist biology term, mainly found in descriptions of sponge anatomy rather than everyday speech.
- Water pulses steadily out of the sponge's single oscule.
- Divers could see the oscule at the top of the barrel sponge.
- Each oscule sits at the end of a network of internal water channels.
- The biology textbook labelled the oscule on its diagram of a sponge.
- A larger sponge may have several oscules rather than just one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSCULE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OSCULE
The 6 tiles of OSCULE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OSCULE
1 longer words begin with OSCULE.
Shorter words from the letters in OSCULE
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Common questions about OSCULE
- Is OSCULE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSCULE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSCULE worth?
- OSCULE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSCULE mean?
- A small opening in the body of a sponge through which filtered water is expelled.
- What letters can be added to OSCULE?
- OSCULE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OSCULE:
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