TALLOWY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. TALLOWY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TALLOWY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TALLOWY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TALLOWY
No single letter turns TALLOWY into another word.
How TALLOWY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TALLOWY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does TALLOWY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Resembling tallow, especially in being greasy, pale or waxy.
Tallow is hard animal fat once rendered for candles and soap, so a tallowy thing shares its heavy, slick feel. The word is often used for skin, meat or a candle that looks unhealthily pale. It carries a faint note of disgust.
How TALLOWY is used
Used to describe a greasy, pale or waxy surface, often unflatteringly.
- The sick man had a tallowy complexion in the candlelight.
- A tallowy film settled on top of the cold stew.
- She wrinkled her nose at the tallowy smell of the old lamp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TALLOWY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TALLOWY
The 7 tiles of TALLOWY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TALLOWY
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Common questions about TALLOWY
- Is TALLOWY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TALLOWY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TALLOWY worth?
- TALLOWY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TALLOWY mean?
- Resembling tallow, especially in being greasy, pale or waxy.
- What letters can be added to TALLOWY?
- No single letter can be added to TALLOWY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TALLOWY:
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