OSTLER is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OSTLER 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 OSTLER?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSTLER is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSTLER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OSTLER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OSTLER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,558.
What stands out about OSTLER
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OSTLER mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britisharchaic
A person, especially at an inn, employed to look after the horses of travellers.
An ostler worked in the stables of a coaching inn, feeding, grooming, and saddling horses for guests who stopped to rest during a journey. The job was common in Britain before railways replaced horse-drawn travel, and the word survives mainly in historical fiction and accounts of old coaching routes. Ostler is a variant of the older word hostler, both descending from the same root as hostel.
How OSTLER is used
Chiefly British and now historical; describes a job that largely disappeared with the decline of horse-drawn coach travel.
- The ostler led the tired horses into the stable behind the inn.
- He worked as an ostler before finding steadier employment in town.
- The coaching inn kept several ostlers on hand for busy travel days.
- An ostler saddled fresh horses while the passengers ate breakfast.
- Historical novels often mention the ostler among the staff of the inn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSTLER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OSTLER
The 6 tiles of OSTLER in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OSTLER
3 longer words begin with OSTLER.
Shorter words from the letters in OSTLER
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Common questions about OSTLER
- Is OSTLER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSTLER, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSTLER worth?
- OSTLER is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSTLER mean?
- A person, especially at an inn, employed to look after the horses of travellers.
- What letters can be added to OSTLER?
- OSTLER takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OSTLER:
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