OVEN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. OVEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVEN?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVEN is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVEN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OVEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does OVEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
An enclosed compartment used for baking, roasting, or heating food.
A cook preheats the oven before placing a dish inside to ensure even cooking. Modern kitchens often include both a stovetop and a built-in oven for different cooking methods.
How OVEN is used
Extremely common word in cooking and household contexts.
- She preheated the oven before baking the bread.
- The oven timer beeped when the cake was ready.
- He cleaned the oven after the grease spilled over.
- The pizza cooked quickly in the hot oven.
- A new oven was installed in the kitchen last week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVEN
12 longer words begin with OVEN.
Words ending in OVEN
20 words end in OVEN. Useful as a back hook: play OVEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with OVEN inside
Showing 24 of 60 words that contain OVEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OVEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OVEN
Common questions about OVEN
- Is OVEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVEN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVEN worth?
- OVEN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVEN mean?
- An enclosed compartment used for baking, roasting, or heating food.
- What letters can be added to OVEN?
- OVEN takes 6 hooks: 5 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OVEN:
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