TONGUE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TONGUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TONGUE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TONGUE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TONGUE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TONGUE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TONGUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does TONGUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The fleshy, muscular organ inside the mouth used for tasting, swallowing and forming speech.
In humans, the tongue lets people taste food, move it while chewing, and shape the sounds of speech, which is why tongue often stands for language or manner of speaking. Beyond anatomy, English extended the word to strips of leather inside a shoe, the metal part of a bell that strikes it, and narrow strips of land jutting into water, all named for their long, flexible shape. Because the tongue is so central to talking, phrases like mother tongue or holding your tongue use the word for speech itself rather than the organ.
How TONGUE is used
Extremely common, used both for the physical organ and figuratively for language or manner of speaking.
- The doctor asked him to stick out his tongue.
- French was her mother tongue, though she grew up abroad.
- The bell's tongue struck the metal to sound the hour.
- A narrow tongue of land separated the two bays.
- She bit her tongue rather than argue further.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TONGUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TONGUE
8 longer words begin with TONGUE.
Shorter words from the letters in TONGUE
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Common questions about TONGUE
- Is TONGUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TONGUE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TONGUE worth?
- TONGUE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TONGUE mean?
- The fleshy, muscular organ inside the mouth used for tasting, swallowing and forming speech.
- What letters can be added to TONGUE?
- TONGUE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TONGUE:
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