OVIBOS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OVIBOS 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 OVIBOS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVIBOS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVIBOS
No single letter turns OVIBOS into another word.
How OVIBOS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OVIBOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 295,648.
What does OVIBOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The musk ox, a shaggy arctic grazing animal, or the genus it belongs to.
The name is Latin for sheep-ox, reflecting that the animal looks like a mixture of the two, with a heavy body and long hanging hair. The only living species lives in Greenland and the Canadian arctic, where herds form a ring around calves when threatened. Ovibos is chiefly a scientific name, since the everyday term is musk ox.
How OVIBOS is used
Zoological; the common name musk ox is far more usual.
- The ovibos grows an undercoat of fine wool called qiviut.
- A herd of ovibos stood motionless in the snow.
- Fossil bones show that the ovibos once ranged across Europe.
- The ovibos defends itself by forming a tight circle.
- Biologists tagged an ovibos with a radio collar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVIBOS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVIBOS
1 longer words begin with OVIBOS.
Shorter words from the letters in OVIBOS
Common questions about OVIBOS
- Is OVIBOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVIBOS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVIBOS worth?
- OVIBOS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVIBOS mean?
- The musk ox, a shaggy arctic grazing animal, or the genus it belongs to.
- What letters can be added to OVIBOS?
- No single letter can be added to OVIBOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OVIBOS:
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