TAILLE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TAILLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAILLE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAILLE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAILLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
taillesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAILLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TAILLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,066.
What does TAILLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A direct tax that a French king or feudal lord levied on his subjects or on lands held from him, in use in France before the Revolution.
The taille fell mainly on commoners and peasants, since the nobility and clergy were largely exempt, which made it a byword for the unequal tax burden that helped bring about the French Revolution. Historians of the Ancien Régime still use taille as the standard name for this tax when describing royal finance before 1789. The word is unrelated to the identical French spelling for a tailor's cut or a person's waist.
How TAILLE is used
A historical term, used almost exclusively in accounts of French royal finance before the Revolution.
- The peasants of the village paid the taille every autumn.
- Royal officials collected the taille on behalf of the crown.
- The book traces how the taille grew heavier through the seventeenth century.
- Nobles were exempt from the taille, which increased resentment among commoners.
- The taille was one of several direct taxes abolished after 1789.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAILLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TAILLE
The 6 tiles of TAILLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TAILLE
7 longer words begin with TAILLE.
Shorter words from the letters in TAILLE
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Common questions about TAILLE
- Is TAILLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAILLE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAILLE worth?
- TAILLE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAILLE mean?
- A direct tax that a French king or feudal lord levied on his subjects or on lands held from him, in use in France before the Revolution.
- What letters can be added to TAILLE?
- TAILLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TAILLE:
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