Yes. OE is a valid word.
OE is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
OE is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About OE
The Faroe Islands sit between Scotland and Iceland, and OE is their word for a whirlwind. In play, OE clears an O and an E together, which helps a rack with too many vowels.
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OE scores 2 points
Before any bonus squares: O 1 + E 1 = 2. On a double-word square that's 4, on a triple-word 6, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: OE as the first play
Later in the game, put the O on a 3L square and OE is worth 4 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of OE (8):
- DOEmature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
- FOEan armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
- HOEa tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
- JOEa fellow
- ROEfish eggs or egg-filled ovary
- TOEone of the digits of the foot
- VOE
- WOEmisery resulting from affliction
After OE (1):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from OE
Other forms of OE (1):
Words that start with OE:
- OEDEMAswelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
- OEUVREthe total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- OEDEMASform of OEDEMA: swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
- OEDIPAL
- OENOMELwine mixed with honey
- OERSTEDthe magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
- OESTRIN
- OESTRUM
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of OE and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters O and E.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
OE + B
OE + C
OE + D
OE + F
- FOEan armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
OE + G
- EGOan inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
OE + H
- HOEa tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
OE + J
- JOEa fellow
OE + K
OE + L
OE + M
OE + N
- EONthe longest division of geological time
Memory tip
OE is a whirlwind off the Faroe Islands, the wind that spells O-E. It clears two vowels at once.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with O
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