OSTRACON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OSTRACON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OSTRACON?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OSTRACON is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OSTRACON
No single letter turns OSTRACON into another word.
How OSTRACON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OSTRACON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OSTRACON has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OSTRACON
- The same 8 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 OSTRACON mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A broken piece of pottery or tile used in ancient times as a surface to write on.
Because papyrus was costly, scribes and ordinary people scratched notes and accounts on an ostracon. In ancient Greece a similar sherd was also used for votes of banishment. Plural forms are ostraca.
How OSTRACON is used
The noun ostracon is used in archaeology and ancient history.
- The archaeologists found an ostracon covered in faded ink.
- A single ostracon recorded the price of grain.
- Each ostracon was cleaned and photographed in the lab.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OSTRACON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OSTRACON
The 8 tiles of OSTRACON in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OSTRACON
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Common questions about OSTRACON
- Is OSTRACON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OSTRACON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OSTRACON worth?
- OSTRACON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OSTRACON mean?
- A broken piece of pottery or tile used in ancient times as a surface to write on.
- What letters can be added to OSTRACON?
- No single letter can be added to OSTRACON to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OSTRACON:
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