Is OLIGONUCLEOTIDE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OLIGONUCLEOTIDE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OLIGONUCLEOTIDE mean?
- noun
(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
25
Words With Friends
15
Letters
O (1) + L (1) + I (1) + G (2) + O (1) + N (1) + U (1) + C (3) + L (1) + E (1) + O (1) + T (1) + I (1) + D (2) + E (1) = 19 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for OLIGONUCLEOTIDE
OLIGONUCLEOTIDE has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from OLIGONUCLEOTIDE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- guillotined13
- nucleotide13
- teleologic13
- ceilinged13
- coediting13
- colliding13
- collogued13
- colluding13
- digenetic13
- diligence13
- ideologic13
- celloidin12
- colleting12
- collodion12
- decillion12
- etiologic12
- inductile12
- oligocene12
- ontologic12
- oogenetic12
- telegonic12
- clouding12
- cologned12
- diegetic12
- genocide12
- geodetic12
- guillotine11
- cotillion11
- elocution11
- euglenoid11
- guideline11
- ideologue11
- lenticule11
- longitude11
- octillion11
- cloudlet11
- clouting11
- colleted11
- collogue11
- cooeeing11
- cultigen11
- denticle11
- duecento11
- eclogite11
- eduction11
- electing11
- elicited11
- idiolect11
- indictee11
- indocile11
- inductee11
- lodicule11
- neologic11
- noctuoid11
- nucleoid11
- otologic11
- uncoiled11
- uncooled11
- undocile11
- clinged11
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