OSMOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OSMOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSMOSIS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSMOSIS 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 OSMOSIS
No single letter turns OSMOSIS into another word.
How OSMOSIS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OSMOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,940 thousand.
What does OSMOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a weaker solution into a stronger one.
Osmosis explains why plant roots draw in water and why a raisin swells in a glass of water. Figuratively the word describes absorbing ideas slowly and almost without effort, as if through the skin.
How OSMOSIS is used
Osmosis is a staple of school biology, and people also joke about learning something by osmosis.
- Water enters the root cells by osmosis.
- He picked up the language by osmosis after living abroad.
- The potato slices shrank because of osmosis in the salty water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSMOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OSMOSIS
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Common questions about OSMOSIS
- Is OSMOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSMOSIS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSMOSIS worth?
- OSMOSIS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSMOSIS mean?
- The movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a weaker solution into a stronger one.
- What letters can be added to OSMOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to OSMOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OSMOSIS:
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