OSSIFIED is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OSSIFIED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSSIFIED?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSSIFIED is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSSIFIED
No single letter turns OSSIFIED into another word.
How OSSIFIED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OSSIFIED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OSSIFIED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OSSIFIED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Turned into bone or bone-like material, or fixed and unable to change.
In biology an ossified structure has hardened as calcium is deposited in it. In everyday writing the word is figurative and describes habits, institutions or opinions that have stiffened beyond reform.
How OSSIFIED is used
Literal in anatomy, figurative for rigid ideas or systems.
- The ossified cartilage showed up clearly on the scan.
- Critics called the bureaucracy ossified and slow to react.
- He clung to ossified ideas that no longer made sense.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSSIFIED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OSSIFIED
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Common questions about OSSIFIED
- Is OSSIFIED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSSIFIED, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSSIFIED worth?
- OSSIFIED is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSSIFIED mean?
- Turned into bone or bone-like material, or fixed and unable to change.
- What letters can be added to OSSIFIED?
- No single letter can be added to OSSIFIED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OSSIFIED:
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