TALLOW is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TALLOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TALLOW?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TALLOW is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TALLOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TALLOW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TALLOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does TALLOW mean in Scrabble?
noun
Hard animal fat, usually from cattle or sheep, melted down and used for candles, soap and lubricants.
Before paraffin and electric light, tallow candles were the common source of lamplight, though they smelled and smoked more than beeswax ones. The fat is rendered by slow heating until it separates from the tissue and sets firm as it cools. It is still used in soap making and in some industrial greases.
How TALLOW is used
General word; most often met in historical and craft contexts.
- The workers melted tallow in a large iron pot.
- A tallow candle flickered on the table.
- He rubbed tallow on the leather to keep it supple.
- Soap made from tallow is hard and long lasting.
- The butcher saved all the tallow for the chandler.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TALLOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TALLOW
7 longer words begin with TALLOW.
Shorter words from the letters in TALLOW
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Common questions about TALLOW
- Is TALLOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TALLOW, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TALLOW worth?
- TALLOW is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TALLOW mean?
- Hard animal fat, usually from cattle or sheep, melted down and used for candles, soap and lubricants.
- What letters can be added to TALLOW?
- TALLOW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TALLOW:
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