OVULATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. OVULATORY 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 OVULATORY?
| 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 OVULATORY is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVULATORY
No single letter turns OVULATORY into another word.
How OVULATORY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OVULATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVULATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVULATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to ovulation, the release of an egg from the ovary.
Medical writing speaks of the ovulatory phase, ovulatory pain or an ovulatory cycle to mark the stage when an egg is released. Calling a cycle ovulatory, as opposed to anovulatory, tells a doctor that an egg was actually produced.
How OVULATORY is used
Clinical and scientific term, common in health and fertility topics.
- She tracked her ovulatory days on a calendar.
- Some women feel mild ovulatory pain mid-cycle.
- The study measured hormone levels across the ovulatory phase.
- An ovulatory cycle is usually about two weeks before the next period.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVULATORY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OVULATORY
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Common questions about OVULATORY
- Is OVULATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVULATORY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVULATORY worth?
- OVULATORY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVULATORY mean?
- Relating to ovulation, the release of an egg from the ovary.
- What letters can be added to OVULATORY?
- No single letter can be added to OVULATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OVULATORY:
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