Is ODEA a valid word?

ODEA is the plural of ODEUM, a small roofed theater or concert hall used in ancient Greece and Rome for music and poetry; ODEUMS is valid too. ODEA clears an O, an E and an A with one D. It sits nicely beside the other Latin plurals in this family, such as ILEA, ILIA and OLEA. The Odeon of Herodes Atticus, below the Acropolis in Athens, still hosts concerts today.

Before any bonus squares: O 1 + D 2 + E 1 + A 1 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Later in the game, put the D on a 3L square and ODEA is worth 9 before any word bonus.

Swap any one letter of ODEA and these are still words:

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters O, D, E and A.

ODEA is the plural of ODEUM, a small theater or concert hall in ancient Greece or Rome.

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