OVARY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OVARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVARY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVARY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVARY
Front hooks — 1
covaryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OVARY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OVARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does OVARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalbotany
In female animals, one of the pair of organs that produce eggs; in flowering plants, the part of the flower that contains the ovules and develops into the fruit.
In humans and other animals, the ovary releases eggs and produces hormones that regulate reproduction, and most species carry one on each side of the body. In a flower, the ovary sits at the base of the pistil, and after fertilisation it swells and ripens into the fruit that surrounds the seeds. The same word therefore covers two different but related ideas, one from anatomy and one from botany, both concerned with where new life begins. Doctors, biology teachers and gardeners each use the term in their own specialised sense.
How OVARY is used
Used in medicine and biology for the animal organ, and in botany for the seed-bearing part of a flower.
- The scan showed a small cyst on her left ovary.
- The ovary of the flower swelled as the fruit began to form.
- Surgeons sometimes need to remove a damaged ovary.
- The textbook diagram labelled the ovary at the base of the pistil.
- Hormones from the ovary control much of the reproductive cycle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in OVARY
1 words end in OVARY. Useful as a back hook: play OVARY onto a word already on the board.
Words with OVARY inside
1 words contain OVARY in the middle. Words that start with OVARY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OVARY
Common questions about OVARY
- Is OVARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVARY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVARY worth?
- OVARY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVARY mean?
- In female animals, one of the pair of organs that produce eggs; in flowering plants, the part of the flower that contains the ovules and develops into the fruit.
- What letters can be added to OVARY?
- OVARY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OVARY:
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