TABOO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TABOO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TABOO?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TABOO is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TABOO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
taboosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TABOO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TABOO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,897.
What does TABOO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A prohibition against a particular action, word, or subject, imposed by social custom, religious belief, or deep-seated aversion.
A taboo marks certain behavior as forbidden or shameful within a community, often without any law requiring the restriction, so people follow it out of respect for custom rather than fear of punishment. Anthropologists first borrowed the word from Polynesian languages, where it described things set apart as sacred or dangerous to touch. Today a taboo can cover anything from table manners to subjects like death or money that people avoid discussing openly, and the word also works as an adjective, as in a taboo topic.
How TABOO is used
Often used as an adjective describing a forbidden subject as well as a noun for the prohibition itself.
- Discussing salaries remained a taboo at the office.
- The tribe treated the burial ground as taboo.
- She broke a family taboo by mentioning the divorce.
- Many cultures hold a taboo against eating certain animals.
- The novel explores what happens when a strict taboo is broken.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TABOO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TABOO
5 longer words begin with TABOO.
Shorter words from the letters in TABOO
Common questions about TABOO
- Is TABOO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TABOO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TABOO worth?
- TABOO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TABOO mean?
- A prohibition against a particular action, word, or subject, imposed by social custom, religious belief, or deep-seated aversion.
- What letters can be added to TABOO?
- TABOO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TABOO:
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