OVIPAROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OVIPAROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVIPAROUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVIPAROUS is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVIPAROUS
No single letter turns OVIPAROUS into another word.
How OVIPAROUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OVIPAROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVIPAROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVIPAROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Producing young by laying eggs that hatch outside the mother's body.
Birds, most reptiles and many fish are oviparous, in contrast to mammals that give birth to live young. A few mammals, such as the platypus, also lay eggs and so count as oviparous too.
How OVIPAROUS is used
A zoological term, often paired with its opposite viviparous.
- Most snakes are oviparous and bury their eggs in warm soil.
- The platypus is an oviparous mammal.
- Being oviparous, the lizard guards a nest rather than carrying young.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVIPAROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OVIPAROUS
The 9 tiles of OVIPAROUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OVIPAROUS
1 longer words begin with OVIPAROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in OVIPAROUS
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Common questions about OVIPAROUS
- Is OVIPAROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVIPAROUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVIPAROUS worth?
- OVIPAROUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVIPAROUS mean?
- Producing young by laying eggs that hatch outside the mother's body.
- What letters can be added to OVIPAROUS?
- No single letter can be added to OVIPAROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OVIPAROUS:
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