TALAQ is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. TALAQ is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TALAQ?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TALAQ is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TALAQ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
talaqsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TALAQ scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TALAQ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about TALAQ
- TALAQ takes a Q without a U — one of only 93 words in our lists that do. That is the cheapest way to get rid of the ten-point tile.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TALAQ mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
Divorce in Islamic law carried out when a husband formally pronounces the word talaq to end the marriage.
The term talaq names both the act and the legal concept of a husband ending a marriage under Islamic law by declaring the word aloud, sometimes with conditions on timing and repetition depending on the school of law followed. Writers on religious and legal topics use talaq in English discussion of Muslim marriage and divorce, keeping the term untranslated much as other specific legal words from other traditions are kept in their original form. Talaq is a formal, procedural term rather than a general word for separation, and it names one specific recognised process rather than divorce in the broad Western legal sense.
How TALAQ is used
Used in legal and religious writing about Islamic marriage law, not as a general word for divorce.
- Under talaq, the husband must pronounce the declaration to end the marriage.
- The court case examined whether the talaq had been properly recorded.
- Scholars debate how many times talaq must be spoken to be final.
- The couple's marriage ended through talaq rather than a civil court order.
- The article compared talaq with divorce procedures in other legal systems.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TALAQ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TALAQ
1 longer words begin with TALAQ.
Shorter words from the letters in TALAQ
Common questions about TALAQ
- Is TALAQ valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TALAQ is not in it.
- How many points is TALAQ worth?
- TALAQ is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TALAQ mean?
- Divorce in Islamic law carried out when a husband formally pronounces the word talaq to end the marriage.
- What letters can be added to TALAQ?
- TALAQ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TALAQ:
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