OUABAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OUABAIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUABAIN?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUABAIN is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUABAIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ouabainsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUABAIN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OUABAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What stands out about OUABAIN
- OUABAIN runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OUABAIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrymedical
A poisonous white crystalline glycoside taken from certain African plants, once used on arrows and as a heart stimulant.
Ouabain blocks the sodium pump found in cell membranes, which is why laboratories use it in research on how cells move ions. In large doses it is lethal, and hunters in East Africa once coated arrows with it.
How OUABAIN is used
The word ouabain appears in pharmacology and cell biology papers.
- Researchers treated the cells with ouabain to block the sodium pump.
- The hunters prepared ouabain from the bark of a local tree.
- A tiny dose of ouabain affects the rhythm of the heart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUABAIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUABAIN
1 longer words begin with OUABAIN.
Shorter words from the letters in OUABAIN
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Common questions about OUABAIN
- Is OUABAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUABAIN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUABAIN worth?
- OUABAIN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUABAIN mean?
- A poisonous white crystalline glycoside taken from certain African plants, once used on arrows and as a heart stimulant.
- What letters can be added to OUABAIN?
- OUABAIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OUABAIN:
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