ITA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 3 points
It depends on the list you play by. ITA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 3 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ITA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ITA is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ITA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ITA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ITA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 333.
What stands out about ITA
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ITA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tall palm tree of South American wetlands, valued for its fibre, fruit, and sap.
The ita grows in swampy ground across the Amazon basin and the Guianas, and local communities use almost every part of it, weaving its leaf fibre into rope and cloth, eating the scaly fruit, and tapping the trunk for sap. It is also known by names such as the buriti or moriche palm.
How ITA is used
Botanical; used in descriptions of South American plants and rainforest resources.
- The village wove its baskets from ita fibre.
- A stand of ita palms marked the edge of the swamp.
- They harvested the fruit of the ita for a sweet drink.
- The roof was thatched with leaves cut from the ita.
- Traders carried bundles of ita fibre downriver to sell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ITA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ITA
The 3 tiles of ITA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ITA
Showing 24 of 33 words that begin with ITA.
Words ending in ITA
Showing 24 of 42 words that end in ITA. Useful as a back hook: play ITA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ITA inside
Showing 24 of 1661 words that contain ITA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ITA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ITA
Common questions about ITA
- Is ITA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ITA is not in it.
- How many points is ITA worth?
- ITA is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ITA mean?
- A tall palm tree of South American wetlands, valued for its fibre, fruit, and sap.
- What letters can be added to ITA?
- ITA takes 5 hooks: 3 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ITA:
Open ITA in the Word Finder