OSTRACISE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OSTRACISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSTRACISE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSTRACISE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSTRACISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OSTRACISE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OSTRACISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OSTRACISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OSTRACISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To shut someone out of a group or community by refusing to speak to them or include them.
The word goes back to ancient Athens, where citizens could vote to send a powerful person into exile, writing the name on a piece of pottery. Today to ostracise someone describes social exclusion at school, at work or in a village, and the effect can be painful.
How OSTRACISE is used
The British spelling of the verb, commonly used in news and in talk about bullying or social rejection.
- Neighbours began to ostracise the family after the scandal.
- It is cruel to ostracise a child for being different.
- The party threatened to ostracise any member who broke ranks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSTRACISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OSTRACISE
The 9 tiles of OSTRACISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OSTRACISE
4 longer words begin with OSTRACISE.
Shorter words from the letters in OSTRACISE
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Common questions about OSTRACISE
- Is OSTRACISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSTRACISE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSTRACISE worth?
- OSTRACISE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSTRACISE mean?
- To shut someone out of a group or community by refusing to speak to them or include them.
- What letters can be added to OSTRACISE?
- OSTRACISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OSTRACISE:
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