SURTAX is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SURTAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SURTAX?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SURTAX is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SURTAX
No single letter turns SURTAX into another word.
How SURTAX scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SURTAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does SURTAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
An extra tax charged on top of an ordinary tax, usually on incomes above a set level.
A surtax is laid over a tax that has already been paid, so that large incomes or certain goods are charged at a higher overall rate. It lets a government target the highest earners without changing the base rate. It also works as a verb: to surtax an income is to charge that extra levy.
How SURTAX is used
Financial term; used in discussions of income tax and government revenue.
- The government announced a surtax on very large incomes.
- Rich households pay the income tax and then the surtax.
- A temporary surtax helped pay for the new bridge.
- The surtax applies only above a fixed threshold.
- Critics argued the surtax would discourage investment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SURTAX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SURTAX
3 longer words begin with SURTAX.
Shorter words from the letters in SURTAX
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Common questions about SURTAX
- Is SURTAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SURTAX, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SURTAX worth?
- SURTAX is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SURTAX mean?
- An extra tax charged on top of an ordinary tax, usually on incomes above a set level.
- What letters can be added to SURTAX?
- No single letter can be added to SURTAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SURTAX:
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