TABLEAU is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TABLEAU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TABLEAU?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TABLEAU is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TABLEAU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TABLEAU scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TABLEAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What stands out about TABLEAU
- TABLEAU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TABLEAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A group of silent, motionless people arranged to represent a scene, or a striking picture-like scene.
In a tableau the performers hold a pose as if a painting had come to life, often to show a moment from history or a story. The word is borrowed from French, where it means picture. Writers also use tableau for any vivid scene that seems frozen in time.
How TABLEAU is used
Used in theatre, art and descriptive writing; the plural is tableaux or tableaus.
- The children formed a living tableau of the first Christmas.
- The open door revealed a strange tableau of frozen guests.
- At the end of the act the cast froze in a final tableau.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TABLEAU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TABLEAU
The 7 tiles of TABLEAU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TABLEAU
2 longer words begin with TABLEAU.
Shorter words from the letters in TABLEAU
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Common questions about TABLEAU
- Is TABLEAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TABLEAU, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TABLEAU worth?
- TABLEAU is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TABLEAU mean?
- A group of silent, motionless people arranged to represent a scene, or a striking picture-like scene.
- What letters can be added to TABLEAU?
- TABLEAU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TABLEAU:
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