OVARIOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OVARIOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVARIOLE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVARIOLE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVARIOLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ovariolesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVARIOLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OVARIOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVARIOLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVARIOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
One of the small tubes that make up the ovary of an insect, in which eggs develop.
Insect species differ in the number of ovarioles in each ovary, which affects how many eggs a female can lay. A queen ant has many more than a worker. Entomologists count the ovarioles under a microscope when they study fertility.
How OVARIOLE is used
A specialist term from insect anatomy.
- Each ovary of the fruit fly contains about eighteen ovarioles, and each ovariole produces eggs in sequence.
- The queen bee has far more ovarioles than a worker.
- Under the microscope the ovariole looked like a thin glass tube.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVARIOLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVARIOLE
1 longer words begin with OVARIOLE.
Shorter words from the letters in OVARIOLE
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Common questions about OVARIOLE
- Is OVARIOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVARIOLE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVARIOLE worth?
- OVARIOLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVARIOLE mean?
- One of the small tubes that make up the ovary of an insect, in which eggs develop.
- What letters can be added to OVARIOLE?
- OVARIOLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OVARIOLE:
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