OVINE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OVINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVINE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVINE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVINE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OVINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What does OVINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of sheep.
Veterinary and agricultural writing use ovine as the precise adjective for anything connected to sheep, much as bovine covers cattle and equine covers horses, letting specialists avoid repeating the noun sheep in every phrase. The word appears constantly in terms such as ovine health, ovine husbandry, and ovine diseases, marking a formal, technical register rather than everyday farm talk. It comes from the Latin ovis, meaning sheep, the same root seen in the zodiac sign Aries and in various technical and scientific vocabulary.
How OVINE is used
A technical zoological and veterinary term, used mainly in scientific, agricultural, and veterinary writing rather than everyday conversation about sheep.
- The vet specialised in ovine health and disease.
- Researchers studied the ovine immune response to the vaccine.
- The farm's ovine population grew steadily each spring.
- Textbooks compared ovine and bovine digestive systems.
- The report covered ovine husbandry practices across the region.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OVINE
The 5 tiles of OVINE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OVINE
1 longer words begin with OVINE.
Words ending in OVINE
5 words end in OVINE. Useful as a back hook: play OVINE onto a word already on the board.
Words with OVINE inside
8 words contain OVINE in the middle. Words that start with OVINE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OVINE
Common questions about OVINE
- Is OVINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVINE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVINE worth?
- OVINE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVINE mean?
- Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of sheep.
- What letters can be added to OVINE?
- OVINE takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OVINE:
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