TANDOOR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TANDOOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TANDOOR?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TANDOOR is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANDOOR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TANDOOR scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TANDOOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 73,521.
What stands out about TANDOOR
- The same 7 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 TANDOOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A cylindrical clay oven, heated by charcoal or wood, used in South Asian cooking.
Bread is slapped against the hot inner wall of a tandoor, while skewered meat is lowered inside to cook in fierce dry heat. The oven gives food a smoky char that an ordinary kitchen oven rarely matches.
How TANDOOR is used
Used in cookery writing and restaurant menus.
- The cook pressed the dough against the wall of the tandoor.
- Chicken from the tandoor arrived blackened at the edges and juicy inside.
- They built a small tandoor in the courtyard of the restaurant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANDOOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TANDOOR
The 7 tiles of TANDOOR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TANDOOR
3 longer words begin with TANDOOR.
Shorter words from the letters in TANDOOR
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Common questions about TANDOOR
- Is TANDOOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TANDOOR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TANDOOR worth?
- TANDOOR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANDOOR mean?
- A cylindrical clay oven, heated by charcoal or wood, used in South Asian cooking.
- What letters can be added to TANDOOR?
- TANDOOR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TANDOOR:
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