OSTIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OSTIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSTIUM?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSTIUM is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSTIUM
No single letter turns OSTIUM into another word.
How OSTIUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OSTIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does OSTIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalzoology
An opening or mouth-like passage, especially into a body cavity or vessel.
In anatomy, an ostium marks the mouth of a passage, such as the opening where the fallopian tube meets the ovary or the opening of the coronary arteries into the heart's main vessel. In zoology, the same word names the small intake pores through which a sponge draws in water before eventually expelling it through its larger oscule. The word comes from Latin, where ostium originally meant the mouth of a river, and both technical senses keep that idea of an opening that lets something flow through. Doctors and biologists choose ostium over a plain word like opening when they need to name a specific entrance precisely.
How OSTIUM is used
A technical anatomical and zoological term, used in medical and biology writing rather than everyday speech.
- The surgeon located the ostium where the vessel opened into the chamber.
- Water enters the sponge through each ostium before it reaches the larger oscule.
- The scan showed narrowing at the ostium of the coronary artery.
- The diagram labelled the ostium leading into the heart's atrium.
- The anatomy text used ostium rather than opening for precision.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSTIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OSTIUM
The 6 tiles of OSTIUM in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OSTIUM
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Common questions about OSTIUM
- Is OSTIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSTIUM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSTIUM worth?
- OSTIUM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSTIUM mean?
- An opening or mouth-like passage, especially into a body cavity or vessel.
- What letters can be added to OSTIUM?
- No single letter can be added to OSTIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OSTIUM:
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