TALAPOIN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TALAPOIN 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 TALAPOIN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TALAPOIN is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TALAPOIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
talapoinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TALAPOIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TALAPOIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TALAPOIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TALAPOIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A very small olive-green monkey of West and Central African swamp forest, or a Buddhist monk.
The talapoin is the smallest of the guenons and lives in large troops near water. Older travel books used the same word for a monk in Burma and Siam.
How TALAPOIN is used
Talapoin is chiefly a zoological term nowadays.
- A talapoin clung to the branch above the river.
- The talapoin weighs little more than a kilogram.
- Troops of talapoin feed along the swampy banks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TALAPOIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TALAPOIN
1 longer words begin with TALAPOIN.
Shorter words from the letters in TALAPOIN
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Common questions about TALAPOIN
- Is TALAPOIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TALAPOIN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TALAPOIN worth?
- TALAPOIN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TALAPOIN mean?
- A very small olive-green monkey of West and Central African swamp forest, or a Buddhist monk.
- What letters can be added to TALAPOIN?
- TALAPOIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TALAPOIN:
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