OSTEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OSTEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSTEAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSTEAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSTEAL
No single letter turns OSTEAL into another word.
How OSTEAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OSTEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,372.
What does OSTEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicaltechnical
Relating to or characteristic of bone.
Osteal describes anything connected with bone tissue, structure, or function, appearing chiefly in anatomical and medical writing rather than everyday speech. The word shares its root with many bone-related medical terms, such as osteoporosis and osteopathy, all built from the Greek word for bone. Doctors and anatomists prefer osteal to the plainer word bony when writing in a technical or clinical register.
How OSTEAL is used
A technical adjective used mainly in anatomy and medicine, rarely in ordinary conversation.
- The scan revealed an osteal abnormality near the joint.
- The lecture covered osteal development in growing children.
- Surgeons noted the osteal damage caused by the fracture.
- The textbook chapter focused on osteal tissue and its repair.
- An osteal infection can spread slowly through the surrounding bone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSTEAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OSTEAL
The 6 tiles of OSTEAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OSTEAL
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Common questions about OSTEAL
- Is OSTEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSTEAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSTEAL worth?
- OSTEAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSTEAL mean?
- Relating to or characteristic of bone.
- What letters can be added to OSTEAL?
- No single letter can be added to OSTEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OSTEAL:
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