What OSTRICH Means
- noun: a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
- noun: fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OSTRICH is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 S1 T1 R1 I1 C3 H4.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of OSTRICH (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In OSTRICH
161 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (12)
5 letter words (36)
CHIROCHIRTCHITSCHOIRCOIRSCOITSCOTHSCRIOSCRITHCRITSCROSTHOISTHORISHORSTICHORRICHTRIOTSROISTROSHIROSITROSTIROTCHROTISSHIRTSHORTSICHTSIROCSTICHSTOICTIROSTORCHTORCSTORICTORSITRIOSTROIS
4 letter words (57)
CHISCHITCISTCITOCITSCOIRCOITCORSCOSHCOSTCOTHCOTSCRISCRITHISTHITSHORIHORSHOSTHOTSICHSITCHORCSORTSOTICRHOSRICHRIOTRITSROCHROCSROSTROTIROTSSCOTSHIRSHOTSHRISICHSITHSORISORTSOTHSTIRTHIOTHIRTHISTHROTICHTICSTIROTOCSTORCTORITORSTOSHTRIO
3 letter words (40)
CHICISCITCORCOSCOTHICHISHITHOCHOIHOSHOTICHIOSISHISOITSOCHOHSOISORCORSORTRHORITROCROTSICSIRSITSOCSOHSOTSRITHOTICTISTOCTOR
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.