TAILBONE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TAILBONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAILBONE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAILBONE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAILBONE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tailbonesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAILBONE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TAILBONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TAILBONE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TAILBONE
- All 8 letters of TAILBONE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TAILBONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The small bone at the base of the spine, the remnant of a tail.
People often bruise the tailbone after slipping on ice. Doctors know it by the formal name coccyx.
How TAILBONE is used
Tailbone is the everyday word for the coccyx.
- She fell and hurt her tailbone.
- A cushion eased the pain in his tailbone.
- The tailbone is made of fused vertebrae.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAILBONE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAILBONE
1 longer words begin with TAILBONE.
Shorter words from the letters in TAILBONE
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Common questions about TAILBONE
- Is TAILBONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAILBONE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAILBONE worth?
- TAILBONE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAILBONE mean?
- The small bone at the base of the spine, the remnant of a tail.
- What letters can be added to TAILBONE?
- TAILBONE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TAILBONE:
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