TAMPON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TAMPON 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 TAMPON?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAMPON is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAMPON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tamponsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAMPON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TAMPON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about TAMPON
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 TAMPON mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A plug of absorbent material pushed into a body opening or wound to soak up blood or other fluid.
Most people meet the word tampon as a menstrual product, a small cylinder of cotton or similar fibre worn inside the body. Surgeons also use a tampon to pack a wound or a nasal passage and hold back bleeding. The word came into English from French, where it first meant a stopper or plug.
How TAMPON is used
Common in everyday and medical English; the plural tampons is the usual form on packaging.
- The nurse packed the wound with a sterile tampon.
- She kept a spare tampon in the zip pocket of her bag.
- A tampon of gauze was placed in the nostril to stop the bleeding.
- The shop sells every kind of tampon next to the pads.
- He had never thought about how a tampon is made until the factory tour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAMPON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TAMPON
The 6 tiles of TAMPON in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TAMPON
7 longer words begin with TAMPON.
Shorter words from the letters in TAMPON
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Common questions about TAMPON
- Is TAMPON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAMPON, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAMPON worth?
- TAMPON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAMPON mean?
- A plug of absorbent material pushed into a body opening or wound to soak up blood or other fluid.
- What letters can be added to TAMPON?
- TAMPON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TAMPON:
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