OYEZ is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. OYEZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OYEZ?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OYEZ is to know. It scores 16 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OYEZ
No single letter turns OYEZ into another word.
How OYEZ scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OYEZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What stands out about OYEZ
- OYEZ scores 16 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OYEZ mean in Scrabble?
interjection
legal
Hear ye — a call for silence in a court.
Oyez is Norman French for hear, and it survives because English courts kept their French formulas long after the language itself had gone. It is still called three times at the opening of some courts.
How OYEZ is used
Usually repeated three times.
- Oyez, oyez, oyez, and the room went quiet.
- The word oyez is Norman French for hear.
- A court crier calls oyez three times.
- English courts kept oyez after the language went.
- Oyez survives where nothing else of that French does.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OYEZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OYEZ
1 longer words begin with OYEZ.
Shorter words from the letters in OYEZ
Common questions about OYEZ
- Is OYEZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OYEZ, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OYEZ worth?
- OYEZ is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OYEZ mean?
- Hear ye — a call for silence in a court.
- What letters can be added to OYEZ?
- No single letter can be added to OYEZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OYEZ:
Open OYEZ in the Word Finder