OTITIS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OTITIS 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 OTITIS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OTITIS is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OTITIS
No single letter turns OTITIS into another word.
How OTITIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OTITIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 68,985.
What does OTITIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Inflammation of the ear, which may affect the outer, middle, or inner ear.
Doctors add a Latin qualifier to otitis to say exactly which part of the ear is involved: externa for the outer canal, media for the middle ear, and interna for the inner ear and its balance organs. Otitis media is especially common in young children and often follows a cold or other upper respiratory infection, since fluid can build up behind the eardrum. The word itself comes from the Greek root for ear, combined with the medical suffix used across many other terms for swelling and irritation, such as tonsillitis or bronchitis.
How OTITIS is used
A clinical term, almost always paired with a Latin qualifier such as media or externa to specify the affected part of the ear.
- The paediatrician diagnosed otitis media after examining the ear.
- Swimmers are prone to otitis externa from water trapped in the canal.
- Chronic otitis can sometimes affect the hearing of young children.
- The doctor prescribed drops to treat the otitis.
- Repeated ear infections left him with a history of otitis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OTITIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OTITIS
1 longer words begin with OTITIS.
Shorter words from the letters in OTITIS
Common questions about OTITIS
- Is OTITIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OTITIS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OTITIS worth?
- OTITIS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OTITIS mean?
- Inflammation of the ear, which may affect the outer, middle, or inner ear.
- What letters can be added to OTITIS?
- No single letter can be added to OTITIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OTITIS:
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