TAMPAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TAMPAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAMPAN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAMPAN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAMPAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tampansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAMPAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TAMPAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does TAMPAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A soft-bodied tick of southern Africa whose bite is painful and can cause fever.
The tampan hides in dry soil and in the cracks of huts and animal shelters, then feeds on sleeping people and livestock at night. Its bite leaves a swollen, sore patch, and the creature can carry relapsing fever. The name reached English through Setswana, one of the languages of the region where it lives.
How TAMPAN is used
Used in zoology and in writing about African health and farming; it is almost unknown in everyday speech elsewhere.
- The farmer found a tampan in the straw of the old shed.
- A single tampan can feed for under an hour and then drop off unnoticed.
- Travellers were told to shake out their bedding in case a tampan had settled in it.
- The cattle were dipped to keep every tampan off their hides.
- She read that the tampan is hardier than most ticks and can live for years without a meal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAMPAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAMPAN
1 longer words begin with TAMPAN.
Shorter words from the letters in TAMPAN
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Common questions about TAMPAN
- Is TAMPAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAMPAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAMPAN worth?
- TAMPAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAMPAN mean?
- A soft-bodied tick of southern Africa whose bite is painful and can cause fever.
- What letters can be added to TAMPAN?
- TAMPAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TAMPAN:
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