TAMANDUA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TAMANDUA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAMANDUA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAMANDUA is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAMANDUA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tamanduasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAMANDUA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TAMANDUA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TAMANDUA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TAMANDUA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A lesser anteater with a prehensile tail, living in forests of Central and South America.
The tamandua is smaller than the giant anteater and spends much time in the branches, where it raids insect nests with its long tongue. It has no teeth.
How TAMANDUA is used
The word tamandua appears in zoology books and nature programmes about South America.
- A tamandua clung to the branch by its tail.
- The zoo keeps a tamandua in its rainforest house.
- The tamandua tore open the termite nest with its claws.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAMANDUA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAMANDUA
1 longer words begin with TAMANDUA.
Shorter words from the letters in TAMANDUA
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Common questions about TAMANDUA
- Is TAMANDUA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAMANDUA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAMANDUA worth?
- TAMANDUA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAMANDUA mean?
- A lesser anteater with a prehensile tail, living in forests of Central and South America.
- What letters can be added to TAMANDUA?
- TAMANDUA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TAMANDUA:
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