TACHYON is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TACHYON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TACHYON?
| 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 TACHYON is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TACHYON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tachyonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TACHYON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TACHYON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does TACHYON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hypothetical particle that would travel faster than light.
No tachyon has ever been observed, and physicists doubt that it can exist. It nevertheless turns up often in science fiction as a way to explain instant communication across space. The name comes from a Greek word for swift.
How TACHYON is used
Tachyon appears in physics discussions and, more often, in science fiction.
- The tachyon exists only in theory, never in a laboratory.
- The starship used a tachyon beam to send its message.
- A tachyon would, by definition, never travel slower than light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TACHYON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TACHYON
2 longer words begin with TACHYON.
Shorter words from the letters in TACHYON
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Common questions about TACHYON
- Is TACHYON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TACHYON, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TACHYON worth?
- TACHYON is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TACHYON mean?
- A hypothetical particle that would travel faster than light.
- What letters can be added to TACHYON?
- TACHYON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TACHYON:
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