OVULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OVULAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVULAR?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVULAR is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVULAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
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How OVULAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OVULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What stands out about OVULAR
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OVULAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to an ovule, the small structure in a plant that develops into a seed.
Botanists use ovular when describing parts, tissues or development that belong to the ovule inside a flower. A related sense, relating to the egg cell of an animal, is sometimes met in biology texts. The word is built from ovule plus the adjective ending -ar.
How OVULAR is used
Technical; used in botany and biology writing.
- The ovular tissue swells after the pollen tube arrives.
- Researchers studied ovular development in the young flower.
- A mutation caused an ovular defect that left the plant sterile.
- The diagram labels each ovular layer in turn.
- Ovular growth begins soon after the flower opens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVULAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OVULAR
The 6 tiles of OVULAR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OVULAR
1 longer words begin with OVULAR.
Shorter words from the letters in OVULAR
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Common questions about OVULAR
- Is OVULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVULAR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVULAR worth?
- OVULAR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVULAR mean?
- Relating to an ovule, the small structure in a plant that develops into a seed.
- What letters can be added to OVULAR?
- OVULAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OVULAR:
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