TALLYMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. TALLYMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TALLYMAN?
| 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 TALLYMAN is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TALLYMAN
No single letter turns TALLYMAN into another word.
How TALLYMAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TALLYMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TALLYMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TALLYMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A person who keeps a count of goods, or in Britain, one who sells on credit and collects payments weekly.
The tallyman once knocked on doors with cloth and household goods, taking small instalments. In shipping and farming the word is used for the clerk who counts loads as they pass.
How TALLYMAN is used
Mostly historical or British; the plural form is tallymen.
- The tallyman called every Friday for his money.
- A dock tallyman marked each crate as it was lifted.
- My grandmother bought her coat from the tallyman.
- The tallyman recorded the weight of each sack.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TALLYMAN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TALLYMAN
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Common questions about TALLYMAN
- Is TALLYMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TALLYMAN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TALLYMAN worth?
- TALLYMAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TALLYMAN mean?
- A person who keeps a count of goods, or in Britain, one who sells on credit and collects payments weekly.
- What letters can be added to TALLYMAN?
- No single letter can be added to TALLYMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TALLYMAN:
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