OTALGIA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OTALGIA 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 OTALGIA?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OTALGIA is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OTALGIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
otalgiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OTALGIA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OTALGIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 85,774.
What does OTALGIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Pain in the ear; earache.
Otalgia is the clinical word a doctor writes where a patient says earache. The pain may come from the ear itself or be referred from a sore throat or tooth.
How OTALGIA is used
Otalgia is used in medical notes and textbooks.
- The child was brought in with otalgia.
- Persistent otalgia needs examination of the throat.
- Otalgia can follow a swimming-pool infection.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OTALGIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OTALGIA
1 longer words begin with OTALGIA.
Shorter words from the letters in OTALGIA
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Common questions about OTALGIA
- Is OTALGIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OTALGIA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OTALGIA worth?
- OTALGIA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OTALGIA mean?
- Pain in the ear; earache.
- What letters can be added to OTALGIA?
- OTALGIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OTALGIA:
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