OVIRAPTOR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OVIRAPTOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVIRAPTOR?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVIRAPTOR is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVIRAPTOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oviraptorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVIRAPTOR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OVIRAPTOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVIRAPTOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVIRAPTOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small two-legged dinosaur from the late Cretaceous with a toothless beak and clawed fingers.
The name means egg thief, given because the first fossil lay beside a nest of eggs. Later finds showed that the oviraptor was probably brooding its own eggs, so the name is now seen as unfair.
How OVIRAPTOR is used
Used in palaeontology and popular books about dinosaurs.
- The oviraptor had a crested skull and a strong beak.
- A fossil oviraptor was found sitting on its nest.
- Children's books often show the oviraptor with feathers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVIRAPTOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVIRAPTOR
1 longer words begin with OVIRAPTOR.
Shorter words from the letters in OVIRAPTOR
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Common questions about OVIRAPTOR
- Is OVIRAPTOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVIRAPTOR, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVIRAPTOR worth?
- OVIRAPTOR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVIRAPTOR mean?
- A small two-legged dinosaur from the late Cretaceous with a toothless beak and clawed fingers.
- What letters can be added to OVIRAPTOR?
- OVIRAPTOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OVIRAPTOR:
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