OSSIFIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OSSIFIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSSIFIC?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful OSSIFIC is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSSIFIC
No single letter turns OSSIFIC into another word.
How OSSIFIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OSSIFIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does OSSIFIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Able to make bone or to turn softer tissue such as cartilage into bone.
An ossific process is how a baby's soft skeleton gradually hardens as it grows. The term belongs to anatomy and pathology, where doctors speak of ossific centres inside growing bones.
How OSSIFIC is used
Ossific is a medical adjective used for tissue or processes that produce bone.
- The X-ray showed a new ossific centre in the wrist.
- Doctors studied the ossific changes in the damaged tissue.
- An ossific response began at the site of the fracture.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSSIFIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OSSIFIC
2 longer words begin with OSSIFIC.
Shorter words from the letters in OSSIFIC
Common questions about OSSIFIC
- Is OSSIFIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSSIFIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSSIFIC worth?
- OSSIFIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSSIFIC mean?
- Able to make bone or to turn softer tissue such as cartilage into bone.
- What letters can be added to OSSIFIC?
- No single letter can be added to OSSIFIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OSSIFIC:
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