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operose

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Is operose a Scrabble word?

Yes, operose is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of operose?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (now rare) Of a person: busy, industrious, or painstaking.Examples: "When this operose and hard-working student descended from his closet, and gained a sort of tacit leave from his tutor to join in the circle of us gay and high-spirited fellows, the part he played was no more advantageous to him, than his former exhibition had been among the learned."archaic

2. (now rare) Made with or requiring a lot of labour; painstaking, laborious.Examples: "Power and riches appear then to be, what they are, enormous and operoſe machines contrived to produce a few trifling conveniencies to the body […]"archaic

3. (now rare) Tedious, wearisome.Examples: "when there was so great reason to make it common, since the square letters are less operose, more expedite and facile, then the Samaritan, which is, when time serves, used as a plea for their great Antiquity."archaic

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "operose"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "operose"?

Scrabble
9 points
O1
P3
E1
R1
O1
S1
E1
Words With Friends
10 points
O1
P4
E1
R1
O1
S1
E1

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