OUGIYA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OUGIYA 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 OUGIYA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUGIYA is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUGIYA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ougiyasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUGIYA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OUGIYA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does OUGIYA mean in Scrabble?
noun
The basic unit of money in Mauritania, divided into five khoums.
Ougiya is an alternative spelling of the Mauritanian currency, which is usually written ouguiya in full. The coin and note were introduced in the early 1970s when the country left the French-backed West African franc zone. The odd division of one ougiya into five khoums is unusual among world currencies.
How OUGIYA is used
Used in discussions of money and exchange rates; the longer spelling ouguiya is the more common one.
- The shopkeeper asked for fifty ougiya for the bread.
- Prices in Nouakchott are quoted in ougiya.
- He changed his dollars into ougiya at the airport.
- One ougiya is worth five khoums.
- The value of the ougiya fell against the euro that year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUGIYA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUGIYA
1 longer words begin with OUGIYA.
Shorter words from the letters in OUGIYA
Common questions about OUGIYA
- Is OUGIYA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUGIYA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUGIYA worth?
- OUGIYA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUGIYA mean?
- The basic unit of money in Mauritania, divided into five khoums.
- What letters can be added to OUGIYA?
- OUGIYA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OUGIYA:
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