OTIOSITY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OTIOSITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OTIOSITY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OTIOSITY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OTIOSITY
No single letter turns OTIOSITY into another word.
How OTIOSITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OTIOSITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OTIOSITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OTIOSITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The state of being idle or of no practical use.
Otiosity describes both a lazy leisure and a thing that serves no purpose. Writers have used it to scold idleness in people and uselessness in arguments. The word is bookish and rarely heard in speech.
How OTIOSITY is used
Literary and rare, found mostly in older formal prose.
- He sank into a life of comfortable otiosity.
- The critic complained of the otiosity of the long preface.
- Otiosity was the one vice his uncle admitted.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OTIOSITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OTIOSITY
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Common questions about OTIOSITY
- Is OTIOSITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OTIOSITY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OTIOSITY worth?
- OTIOSITY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OTIOSITY mean?
- The state of being idle or of no practical use.
- What letters can be added to OTIOSITY?
- No single letter can be added to OTIOSITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OTIOSITY:
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