TANDOORI is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TANDOORI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TANDOORI?
| 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 TANDOORI is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANDOORI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tandoorisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TANDOORI scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TANDOORI, 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 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TANDOORI has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TANDOORI mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Tandoori describes food cooked in a tandoor, a clay oven, in the Indian style.
Marinated meat or bread baked in a clay oven picks up a smoky flavour and a reddish colour. As a noun, tandoori also names this style of cooking or a restaurant that serves it.
How TANDOORI is used
Tandoori is used on menus for dishes baked in a clay oven.
- We ordered tandoori chicken with fresh naan.
- The tandoori restaurant on the corner is always full.
- Tandoori vegetables came out charred and fragrant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANDOORI and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TANDOORI
1 longer words begin with TANDOORI.
Shorter words from the letters in TANDOORI
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Common questions about TANDOORI
- Is TANDOORI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TANDOORI, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TANDOORI worth?
- TANDOORI is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANDOORI mean?
- Tandoori describes food cooked in a tandoor, a clay oven, in the Indian style.
- What letters can be added to TANDOORI?
- TANDOORI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TANDOORI:
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