TALA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. TALA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TALA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TALA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TALA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TALA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TALA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does TALA mean in Scrabble?
noun
musicIndian English
A rhythmic cycle of a fixed number of beats that organizes a piece of Indian classical music.
A tala sets the metrical framework a musician keeps returning to, marked out with claps, hand gestures or drum strokes rather than a printed time signature. Tabla and mridangam players build their patterns around the chosen tala, and a soloist is expected to land back on the first beat exactly when the cycle repeats.
How TALA is used
Used mainly by musicians and writers discussing Hindustani or Carnatic music.
- The tabla player kept perfect time within the sixteen-beat tala.
- She explained how a tala differs from a simple Western time signature.
- Every raga performance is built on a chosen tala.
- The teacher clapped out the tala so the students could follow the cycle.
- Changing the tala partway through a piece is a sign of real mastery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TALA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TALA
The 4 tiles of TALA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TALA
16 longer words begin with TALA.
Words ending in TALA
2 words end in TALA. Useful as a back hook: play TALA onto a word already on the board.
Words with TALA inside
Showing 24 of 44 words that contain TALA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TALA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TALA
Common questions about TALA
- Is TALA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TALA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TALA worth?
- TALA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TALA mean?
- A rhythmic cycle of a fixed number of beats that organizes a piece of Indian classical music.
- What letters can be added to TALA?
- TALA takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TALA:
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