TABOR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TABOR 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 TABOR?
| 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 TABOR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TABOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
taborsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TABOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TABOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about TABOR
- The same 5 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 TABOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalmusic
A small drum, traditionally played with one hand while the other hand plays a simple pipe.
A musician playing the tabor straps the small drum to the body and beats it with a stick held in one hand, leaving the other hand free to finger a three-holed pipe. This pipe-and-tabor combination let a single performer provide both melody and rhythm for dancing, and it was especially popular at festivals and village celebrations in medieval and Renaissance Europe. The tabor survives today mainly in folk music revivals and historical reenactments.
How TABOR is used
Chiefly encountered today in folk music revivals and descriptions of medieval or Renaissance entertainment.
- The piper kept time by tapping the tabor with his free hand.
- A single musician played pipe and tabor together at the fair.
- The old painting shows a dancer beside a man beating a tabor.
- Folk revival bands sometimes bring back the pipe and tabor.
- The tabor gave the dance its steady, driving beat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TABOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TABOR
The 5 tiles of TABOR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TABOR
11 longer words begin with TABOR.
Words with TABOR inside
1 words contain TABOR in the middle. Words that start with TABOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TABOR
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Common questions about TABOR
- Is TABOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TABOR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TABOR worth?
- TABOR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TABOR mean?
- A small drum, traditionally played with one hand while the other hand plays a simple pipe.
- What letters can be added to TABOR?
- TABOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TABOR:
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