TAENIA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TAENIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAENIA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAENIA is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAENIA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAENIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TAENIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,517.
What does TAENIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A flat band or fillet, used especially of the narrow strip separating a Doric architrave from the frieze above it, or of a tapeworm.
Taenia began as the Greek and Latin word for a narrow ribbon or headband, and architects borrowed it for the plain raised strip that marks the top of a Doric architrave. Zoologists later used the same word for the flat, ribbon-like tapeworms that live as parasites in the intestines of mammals, because a tapeworm's body is built from a long chain of narrow segments. The two senses, architectural and biological, share only the visual idea of a long flat band.
How TAENIA is used
Mainly a technical term, found in classical architecture and in parasitology rather than in general conversation.
- The taenia runs the full length of the architrave in a Doric temple.
- The lab identified segments of taenia in the sample.
- Restorers repainted the taenia along with the rest of the frieze.
- A textbook on parasites devotes a chapter to the taenia found in pork.
- The column drawing labels the taenia just below the triglyphs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAENIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAENIA
9 longer words begin with TAENIA.
Shorter words from the letters in TAENIA
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Common questions about TAENIA
- Is TAENIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAENIA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAENIA worth?
- TAENIA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAENIA mean?
- A flat band or fillet, used especially of the narrow strip separating a Doric architrave from the frieze above it, or of a tapeworm.
- What letters can be added to TAENIA?
- TAENIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TAENIA:
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