oviposition
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 11
Definition of oviposition
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
-
(uncountable, usually)The process or instance of ovipositing, laying eggs.
“If an opsiblastic egg is produced by an individual, it is usually the last oviposition by that animal even if it is also the first.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From ovi- (“egg”) + Latin positiō (“the action of placing”).
Words you can make from oviposition
131 playable · top: OVIPOSIT (13 pts)
Best play oviposit 13 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
23 words4-letter words
42 words- SPIV 9 pts
- VINO 7 pts
- VINS 7 pts
- NIPS 6 pts
- OOPS 6 pts
- OPTS 6 pts
- PINS 6 pts
- PINT 6 pts
- PION 6 pts
- PISO 6 pts
- PITS 6 pts
- POIS 6 pts
- PONS 6 pts
- POON 6 pts
- POOS 6 pts
- POST 6 pts
- POTS 6 pts
- SNIP 6 pts
- SPIN 6 pts
- SPIT 6 pts
- SPOT 6 pts
- STOP 6 pts
- TIPI 6 pts
- TIPS 6 pts
- TOPI 6 pts
- TOPO 6 pts
- TOPS 6 pts
- INTI 4 pts
- INTO 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- NISI 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- ONOS 4 pts
- ONTO 4 pts
- OOTS 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- SNOT 4 pts
- SOON 4 pts
- SOOT 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
- TONS 4 pts
- TOON 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- VIN 6 pts
- VIS 6 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- OPS 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- PIS 5 pts
- PIT 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POO 5 pts
- POS 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- PSI 5 pts
- PST 5 pts
- SIP 5 pts
- SOP 5 pts
- TIP 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NOO 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- ONO 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- OOT 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
- SOT 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
- TOO 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
A single letter you can add to oviposition to make another valid word.
Back
Find your best play with oviposition
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes oviposition, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.