OSSIFIER is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OSSIFIER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSSIFIER?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSSIFIER is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSSIFIER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ossifiersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OSSIFIER scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OSSIFIER, 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 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OSSIFIER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OSSIFIER mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Something or someone that turns soft tissue into bone, or makes ideas rigid.
In anatomy an ossifier is an agent that causes cartilage to harden into bone. Used figuratively, an ossifier is a force that makes a system stiff and unchanging. The word is uncommon and mostly literary.
How OSSIFIER is used
Rare; used in anatomy and in figurative writing.
- The hormone acts as an ossifier in growing children.
- Critics called the committee an ossifier of tradition.
- No ossifier could harden the tissue so quickly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSSIFIER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OSSIFIER
1 longer words begin with OSSIFIER.
Shorter words from the letters in OSSIFIER
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Common questions about OSSIFIER
- Is OSSIFIER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSSIFIER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSSIFIER worth?
- OSSIFIER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSSIFIER mean?
- Something or someone that turns soft tissue into bone, or makes ideas rigid.
- What letters can be added to OSSIFIER?
- OSSIFIER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OSSIFIER:
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