OVOTESTIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OVOTESTIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVOTESTIS?
| 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 OVOTESTIS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVOTESTIS
No single letter turns OVOTESTIS into another word.
How OVOTESTIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OVOTESTIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVOTESTIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVOTESTIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
A single reproductive gland that produces both eggs and sperm.
Snails and slugs are classic examples of animals with an ovotestis, which lets one individual play both roles. In humans the term appears rarely and only in medical reports of unusual development.
How OVOTESTIS is used
A scientific term found in zoology and medical texts; plural is ovotestes.
- The biologist dissected the snail to show its ovotestis.
- A single ovotestis in the sample held both egg and sperm cells.
- Each slug carries an ovotestis near the digestive gland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVOTESTIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OVOTESTIS
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Common questions about OVOTESTIS
- Is OVOTESTIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVOTESTIS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVOTESTIS worth?
- OVOTESTIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVOTESTIS mean?
- A single reproductive gland that produces both eggs and sperm.
- What letters can be added to OVOTESTIS?
- No single letter can be added to OVOTESTIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OVOTESTIS:
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