Is OPPRESSIVELY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OPPRESSIVELY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 22 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OPPRESSIVELY mean?
- adverb
in a heavy and oppressive way
“it was oppressively hot in the office”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
22
Scrabble
25
Words With Friends
12
Letters
O (1) + P (3) + P (3) + R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) + L (1) + Y (4) = 22 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 OPPRESSIVELY
OPPRESSIVELY 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 OPPRESSIVELY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- oppressive17
- epilepsy15
- slippery15
- overply15
- replevy15
- overplies14
- overslips14
- presolves14
- slipovers14
- liveyers14
- propyls14
- pyropes14
- soppily14
- prolepses13
- prolepsis13
- overslip13
- pelvises13
- plosives13
- prelives13
- presolve13
- previses13
- slipover13
- liveyer13
- livyers13
- silvery13
- polypi13
- polyps13
- propyl13
- psyops13
- pyrope13
- ripply13
- slippy13
- sloppy13
- yippee13
- pervy13
- privy13
- peoplers12
- peploses12
- pipeless12
- popeless12
- preposes12
- slippers12
- sloppier12
- leprosy12
- ospreys12
- plosive12
- plovers12
- previse12
- prosily12
- pyrosis12
- vespers12
- yelpers12
- livery12
- livyer12
- loveys12
- overly12
- severy12
- verily12
- volery12
- lippy12
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