OSMIOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OSMIOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSMIOUS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSMIOUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSMIOUS
No single letter turns OSMIOUS into another word.
How OSMIOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OSMIOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,323 thousand.
What stands out about OSMIOUS
- OSMIOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OSMIOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Containing osmium in a lower valence, as opposed to its higher compounds.
Osmious is an old chemical term used to separate osmium compounds by how strongly the metal is bonded. The partner term for the higher state is osmic, so osmious chloride differs from osmic chloride.
How OSMIOUS is used
The word osmious is mostly found in older chemistry texts naming osmium compounds.
- The textbook listed osmious chloride among the osmium salts.
- An osmious compound contains the metal in its lower valence.
- Early chemists distinguished osmious from osmic compounds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSMIOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OSMIOUS
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Common questions about OSMIOUS
- Is OSMIOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSMIOUS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSMIOUS worth?
- OSMIOUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSMIOUS mean?
- Containing osmium in a lower valence, as opposed to its higher compounds.
- What letters can be added to OSMIOUS?
- No single letter can be added to OSMIOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OSMIOUS:
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