OUSEL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. OUSEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUSEL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUSEL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUSEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUSEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OUSEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,254.
What stands out about OUSEL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OUSEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A variant spelling of ouzel, the name given to certain thrush-like birds, especially the blackbird and the water ouzel or dipper.
Ousel is simply an older way of spelling ouzel, and both forms turn up in older nature writing and poetry describing riverside birds. The ring ousel is a mountain-dwelling relative of the blackbird, while the water ousel, better known today as the dipper, walks along stream beds hunting insects. Because the spelling looks archaic, most modern field guides prefer ouzel, leaving ousel mainly to older texts.
How OUSEL is used
Rare today outside older or literary writing; modern field guides almost always use the spelling ouzel instead.
- A ring ousel called from the crag above the burn.
- The poet described an ousel diving beneath the weir.
- Older bird books still list the ousel alongside the blackbird.
- A water ousel bobbed on the stone in midstream.
- He spotted an ousel darting low over the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUSEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OUSEL
The 5 tiles of OUSEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OUSEL
1 longer words begin with OUSEL.
Words ending in OUSEL
3 words end in OUSEL. Useful as a back hook: play OUSEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with OUSEL inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain OUSEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OUSEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OUSEL
Common questions about OUSEL
- Is OUSEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUSEL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUSEL worth?
- OUSEL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUSEL mean?
- A variant spelling of ouzel, the name given to certain thrush-like birds, especially the blackbird and the water ouzel or dipper.
- What letters can be added to OUSEL?
- OUSEL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OUSEL:
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