TANBARK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. TANBARK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TANBARK?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TANBARK is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANBARK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tanbarksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TANBARK scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TANBARK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does TANBARK mean in Scrabble?
noun
The bark of certain trees, such as oak and hemlock, crushed to yield tannin for turning hides into leather.
Tanneries once bought tanbark by the cartload and soaked skins in vats of it for weeks. After its tannin was spent, the shredded bark was reused as a soft covering for paths, riding rings and circus floors. Because of that second life the word can also mean the ground itself.
How TANBARK is used
Used for the raw tanning material and for the spent bark spread on rings and paths.
- The tannery stacked tanbark in long sheds to keep it dry.
- The horse trotted quietly over the tanbark in the riding ring.
- A smell of wet tanbark hung over the creek.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANBARK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TANBARK
1 longer words begin with TANBARK.
Shorter words from the letters in TANBARK
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Common questions about TANBARK
- Is TANBARK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TANBARK, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TANBARK worth?
- TANBARK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANBARK mean?
- The bark of certain trees, such as oak and hemlock, crushed to yield tannin for turning hides into leather.
- What letters can be added to TANBARK?
- TANBARK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TANBARK:
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