OVIPOSITOR is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. OVIPOSITOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVIPOSITOR?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVIPOSITOR is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVIPOSITOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ovipositorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVIPOSITOR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OVIPOSITOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVIPOSITOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVIPOSITOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tubelike organ at the rear of a female insect or fish through which she lays her eggs.
Some wasps have a long ovipositor that can drill into wood or into another insect's larva to place an egg. In crickets and bees it may be short or modified into a sting.
How OVIPOSITOR is used
Used in entomology and ichthyology, where the ovipositor differs greatly between species.
- The ichneumon wasp inserted her ovipositor into the tree bark.
- A cricket's ovipositor looks like a thin spike at the tail.
- Scientists measured the length of the ovipositor to identify the species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVIPOSITOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVIPOSITOR
1 longer words begin with OVIPOSITOR.
Shorter words from the letters in OVIPOSITOR
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Common questions about OVIPOSITOR
- Is OVIPOSITOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVIPOSITOR, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVIPOSITOR worth?
- OVIPOSITOR is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVIPOSITOR mean?
- A tubelike organ at the rear of a female insect or fish through which she lays her eggs.
- What letters can be added to OVIPOSITOR?
- OVIPOSITOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OVIPOSITOR:
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