TALION is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TALION 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 TALION?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TALION is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TALION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
talionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TALION scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TALION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,775.
What does TALION mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicallegal
A punishment that matches the crime exactly, such as death for murder, following the principle known as lex talionis.
Talion names the old legal idea, summed up in the biblical phrase an eye for an eye, that a wrongdoer should suffer a penalty identical in kind to the harm done. Ancient legal codes, including the Code of Hammurabi and parts of Mosaic law, applied talion to set punishments for injury and death. Modern legal writers still use talion when discussing the history of retributive justice, even though almost no modern system applies the principle literally.
How TALION is used
A specialised term found mainly in legal history and moral philosophy, rarely in everyday speech.
- The lecture traced talion from ancient codes to modern sentencing.
- Under talion, a false accuser could face the very penalty he sought for another.
- Some scholars argue that talion limited revenge rather than encouraged it.
- The professor compared talion with modern theories of proportional punishment.
- Talion appears in several ancient law codes long before Roman law.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TALION and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TALION
The 6 tiles of TALION in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TALION
2 longer words begin with TALION.
Shorter words from the letters in TALION
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Common questions about TALION
- Is TALION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TALION, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TALION worth?
- TALION is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TALION mean?
- A punishment that matches the crime exactly, such as death for murder, following the principle known as lex talionis.
- What letters can be added to TALION?
- TALION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TALION:
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