TALESMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TALESMAN 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 TALESMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TALESMAN is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TALESMAN
No single letter turns TALESMAN into another word.
How TALESMAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TALESMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TALESMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TALESMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalhistorical
A bystander called into court to fill a shortage of jurors.
When too few jurors turned up, the judge ordered a tales, and each talesman came from the people standing nearby in the courtroom. Such a person joined the panel on the spot.
How TALESMAN is used
Talesman comes from the vocabulary of the older jury system in courts.
- The sheriff summoned a talesman from the crowd.
- A talesman took the empty seat in the box.
- Each talesman swore to judge the case fairly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TALESMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TALESMAN
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Common questions about TALESMAN
- Is TALESMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TALESMAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TALESMAN worth?
- TALESMAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TALESMAN mean?
- A bystander called into court to fill a shortage of jurors.
- What letters can be added to TALESMAN?
- No single letter can be added to TALESMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TALESMAN:
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