OVIPARA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OVIPARA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVIPARA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVIPARA is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVIPARA
No single letter turns OVIPARA into another word.
How OVIPARA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OVIPARA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does OVIPARA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
Animals that lay eggs, as opposed to those that bear live young.
Ovipara is the older plural label from zoology, set against Vivipara. Modern biologists prefer to say oviparous animals and treat the old grouping as artificial.
How OVIPARA is used
Ovipara is an old zoological term, now mostly found in historical texts and word lists.
- Birds and reptiles were once grouped together as ovipara.
- The old textbook divides the ovipara from the viviparous mammals.
- Naturalists used the term ovipara for all egg-laying creatures.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVIPARA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OVIPARA
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Common questions about OVIPARA
- Is OVIPARA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVIPARA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVIPARA worth?
- OVIPARA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVIPARA mean?
- Animals that lay eggs, as opposed to those that bear live young.
- What letters can be added to OVIPARA?
- No single letter can be added to OVIPARA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OVIPARA:
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