OXLIP is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OXLIP 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 OXLIP?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OXLIP is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OXLIP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oxlipsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OXLIP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OXLIP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does OXLIP mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A wild woodland flower of northern Europe, a natural hybrid between the primrose and the cowslip.
An oxlip is a pale yellow spring flower found in old woodland across parts of northern Europe, growing where the ranges of the primrose and the cowslip overlap and cross naturally. Its flowers hang from one side of a single tall stem, unlike the primrose, which grows its flowers singly, or the cowslip, whose flowers cluster more tightly at the top. Because it depends on both parent plants growing nearby, the true wild oxlip is far less common than either parent and is treated as a marker of ancient, undisturbed woodland.
How OXLIP is used
A botanical term, used by naturalists and wildflower guides to name this specific primrose-cowslip hybrid rather than either parent plant.
- The ancient wood was known locally for its patches of wild oxlip.
- An oxlip is easy to mistake for a tall, pale cowslip at first glance.
- The guidebook explained how to tell oxlip from primrose and cowslip.
- Conservationists mapped every oxlip growing in the reserve.
- Spring brought a scatter of oxlip flowers beneath the old oaks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OXLIP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OXLIP
1 longer words begin with OXLIP.
Shorter words from the letters in OXLIP
Common questions about OXLIP
- Is OXLIP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OXLIP, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OXLIP worth?
- OXLIP is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OXLIP mean?
- A wild woodland flower of northern Europe, a natural hybrid between the primrose and the cowslip.
- What letters can be added to OXLIP?
- OXLIP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OXLIP:
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