OTALGY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OTALGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OTALGY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OTALGY is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OTALGY
No single letter turns OTALGY into another word.
How OTALGY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OTALGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does OTALGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Pain felt in the ear, whatever its cause, as in an earache.
Otalgy is a clinical term that names the symptom rather than any one disease behind it. Doctors separate pain that starts inside the ear, such as an infection, from referred pain that travels there from the jaw or throat. The word comes from Greek roots meaning ear and pain, and it has the variant otalgia.
How OTALGY is used
Mostly found in medical writing; everyday speech says earache.
- The child woke at night crying with otalgy in the left ear.
- Otalgy that follows a long flight often comes from pressure changes.
- A dentist traced the patient's otalgy to an impacted molar.
- Persistent otalgy without any visible infection calls for further tests.
- The chart listed otalgy and mild fever as the main complaints.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OTALGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OTALGY
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Common questions about OTALGY
- Is OTALGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OTALGY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OTALGY worth?
- OTALGY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OTALGY mean?
- Pain felt in the ear, whatever its cause, as in an earache.
- What letters can be added to OTALGY?
- No single letter can be added to OTALGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OTALGY:
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