OVATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OVATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVATE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVATE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVATE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OVATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What does OVATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Egg-shaped, especially describing a leaf, petal, or other flat surface that is broader near the base and narrows toward the tip.
Botanists use ovate as a precise descriptive term when identifying plants, distinguishing a leaf that is widest below its middle from one that is oblong, lance-shaped or heart-shaped, each term marking a different outline. The word comes from the Latin ovum, meaning egg, the same root behind oval and ovum itself, and it appears constantly in field guides and botanical keys alongside similar shape terms. A separate, much rarer noun sense names a member of a grade within a Welsh bardic order, a meaning almost never met outside discussions of Eisteddfod tradition.
How OVATE is used
A technical botanical term, common in field guides and plant descriptions for the egg-shaped outline of leaves and petals.
- The field guide described the leaves as ovate and glossy.
- An ovate petal distinguished the flower from its narrower-leaved cousin.
- Botanists noted the plant's ovate, pointed leaflets.
- The tree's ovate leaves turned a deep red in autumn.
- She sketched the ovate outline of the unfamiliar leaf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVATE
3 longer words begin with OVATE.
Words ending in OVATE
7 words end in OVATE. Useful as a back hook: play OVATE onto a word already on the board.
Words with OVATE inside
10 words contain OVATE in the middle. Words that start with OVATE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OVATE
Common questions about OVATE
- Is OVATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVATE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVATE worth?
- OVATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVATE mean?
- Egg-shaped, especially describing a leaf, petal, or other flat surface that is broader near the base and narrows toward the tip.
- What letters can be added to OVATE?
- OVATE takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OVATE:
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