TALUS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TALUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TALUS?
| 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: 22 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TALUS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TALUS
No single letter turns TALUS into another word.
How TALUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TALUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about TALUS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TALUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A sloping heap of loose rock fragments and debris that accumulates at the base of a cliff or steep mountain slope.
A talus forms as frost, gravity, and weather steadily break rock away from a cliff face, and the broken pieces tumble down and pile up into a loose, sloping apron at the bottom. Hikers crossing a talus slope must move carefully, since the loosely stacked rocks can shift underfoot without warning. Geologists study the size, sorting, and angle of a talus to learn how quickly the cliff above is eroding and how the surrounding landscape formed. The same word, talus, also names the ankle bone in anatomy, an entirely separate sense that comes from the same Latin word for ankle rather than for rock.
How TALUS is used
Technical, used mainly in geology and mountaineering for loose rock debris piled at the foot of a cliff.
- The climbers picked their way carefully across the unstable talus.
- Years of frost had built a wide talus at the base of the cliff.
- Loose stones on the talus slope shifted with every step.
- The geologist measured how far the talus extended from the rock face.
- A narrow trail wound around the edge of the talus field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TALUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TALUS
The 5 tiles of TALUS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TALUS
1 longer words begin with TALUS.
Words ending in TALUS
1 words end in TALUS. Useful as a back hook: play TALUS onto a word already on the board.
Words with TALUS inside
1 words contain TALUS in the middle. Words that start with TALUS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TALUS
Common questions about TALUS
- Is TALUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TALUS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TALUS worth?
- TALUS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TALUS mean?
- A sloping heap of loose rock fragments and debris that accumulates at the base of a cliff or steep mountain slope.
- What letters can be added to TALUS?
- No single letter can be added to TALUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TALUS:
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