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Is oval a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word oval is a Scrabble US word. The word oval is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is oval a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word oval is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

OVAL,VOLA,

3-letter words (4 found)

AVO,LAV,OVA,VOL,

2-letter words (3 found)

AL,LA,LO,

You can make 9 words from oval according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of oval

oval voal oavl aovl vaol avol ovla vola olva lova vloa lvoa oalv aolv olav loav alov laov valo avlo vlao lvao alvo lavo

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word oval. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in oval.

Definitions and meaning of oval

oval

Etymology

From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvəl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊvəl

Noun

oval (plural ovals)

  1. An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
  2. A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
  3. (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
  4. (Australia) A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

oval (comparative more oval, superlative most oval)

  1. Having the shape of an oval.
  2. Of or pertaining to an ovum.
    oval conceptions

Usage notes

Any of the English adjectives derived from Latin ovum (including oval, ovate, ovoid) are typically considered synonymous when referring to egg-like shapes where one end is wider than the other but, out of all of them, oval is the most likely to be used in reference to a symmetrical ellipse.

Synonyms

  • ovular, ovate, ovoid, ovaline, elliptical, egg-shaped

Derived terms

  • bioval
  • circumoval
  • ovaline
  • ovalish
  • ovally
  • perioval
  • plurioval
  • monoval
  • unioval

Translations

See also

  • ovoid
  • ovum

Anagrams

  • vola

Asturian

Adjective

oval (epicene, plural ovales)

  1. oval (oval-shaped)

Synonyms

  • ovaláu

Catalan

Etymology

From ou +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [uˈβal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [oˈval]

Adjective

oval m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovals)

  1. oval
    Synonym: ovalat

Noun

oval m (plural ovals)

  1. oval

Related terms

  • ovoide

Further reading

  • “oval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “oval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “oval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “oval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈvæˀl/

Noun

oval c (singular definite ovalen, plural indefinite ovaler)

  1. oval (shape)
  2. oval (object)

Declension

Adjective

oval (neuter ovalt, plural and definite singular attributive ovale)

  1. oval

Inflection

References

  • “oval” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

oval (strong nominative masculine singular ovaler, comparative ovaler, superlative am ovalsten)

  1. oval
    Synonyms: eiförmig, eirund

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

  1. oval

Noun

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovaler, definite plural ovalene)

  1. an oval

Derived terms

  • ovalformet

References

  • “oval” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”).

Adjective

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

  1. oval

Noun

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovalar, definite plural ovalane)

  1. an oval

References

  • “oval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: o‧val

Adjective

oval m or f (plural ovais)

  1. oval (shaped like an egg)
    Synonyms: ovalado, ovoide

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ovale.

Adjective

oval m or n (feminine singular ovală, masculine plural ovali, feminine and neuter plural ovale)

  1. oval

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈbal/ [oˈβ̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: o‧val

Adjective

oval m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovales)

  1. oval (shaped like an oval)
    Synonym: ovalado

Related terms

Further reading

  • “oval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Adjective

oval (not comparable)

  1. oval (having an elongated round shape)

Declension

See also

  • elliptisk

Noun

oval c

  1. an oval (elongated round shape)

Declension

See also

  • ellips

References

  • oval in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • oval in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • oval in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org