OTIOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OTIOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OTIOSE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OTIOSE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OTIOSE
No single letter turns OTIOSE into another word.
How OTIOSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OTIOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,425.
What does OTIOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formalliterary
Serving no practical purpose; functionally useless or idle.
Otiose describes something that has become pointless or redundant, often because circumstances have changed or because it never did any real work in the first place. Writers use the word in formal or academic contexts to criticise a clause, a step, or a rule as unnecessary rather than simply calling it useless. The word can also carry an older sense of being idle or at leisure, though the meaning of needless or ineffective is far more common today.
How OTIOSE is used
Formal and somewhat literary; common in academic, legal, and critical writing rather than everyday speech.
- The committee judged the extra clause otiose and struck it from the contract.
- His warning proved otiose once the danger had already passed.
- Critics called the subplot otiose, adding nothing to the story.
- The old regulation had become otiose long before it was repealed.
- She found the lengthy introduction otiose and skipped straight to the results.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OTIOSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OTIOSE
3 longer words begin with OTIOSE.
Shorter words from the letters in OTIOSE
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Common questions about OTIOSE
- Is OTIOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OTIOSE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OTIOSE worth?
- OTIOSE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OTIOSE mean?
- Serving no practical purpose; functionally useless or idle.
- What letters can be added to OTIOSE?
- No single letter can be added to OTIOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OTIOSE:
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