ATAGHAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ATAGHAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATAGHAN?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATAGHAN is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATAGHAN
Front hooks — 1
yataghanBack hooks — 1
ataghansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATAGHAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ATAGHAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 882,251.
What does ATAGHAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A long, curved knife of the kind traditionally carried in Muslim lands, especially in the Ottoman world.
The ataghan is a weapon you mostly meet in museums, old travel books and historical fiction. It has no guard and a blade that curves forward, which sets it apart from a straight dagger.
How ATAGHAN is used
The word ataghan appears mainly in historical or descriptive writing about Ottoman and Balkan arms.
- The museum displayed an ataghan with an ivory handle.
- He drew the ataghan from his sash and held it up to the light.
- An old ataghan hung above the fireplace as a souvenir.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATAGHAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ATAGHAN
1 longer words begin with ATAGHAN.
Shorter words from the letters in ATAGHAN
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Common questions about ATAGHAN
- Is ATAGHAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATAGHAN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATAGHAN worth?
- ATAGHAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATAGHAN mean?
- A long, curved knife of the kind traditionally carried in Muslim lands, especially in the Ottoman world.
- What letters can be added to ATAGHAN?
- ATAGHAN takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ATAGHAN:
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