TANISTRY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TANISTRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TANISTRY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TANISTRY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANISTRY
No single letter turns TANISTRY into another word.
How TANISTRY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TANISTRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TANISTRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TANISTRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An old Celtic custom by which a clan chief was chosen by election among his relatives.
Under tanistry the heir was not the eldest son but a man picked by the family heads, who also was named the tanist in advance. Land held this way passed on by election, not by simple inheritance.
How TANISTRY is used
The word tanistry is found in histories of medieval Ireland and Scotland.
- Tanistry gave the clan a say in who would lead.
- English law later replaced tanistry with inheritance by birth.
- Historians still debate how tanistry worked in practice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANISTRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TANISTRY
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Common questions about TANISTRY
- Is TANISTRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TANISTRY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TANISTRY worth?
- TANISTRY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANISTRY mean?
- An old Celtic custom by which a clan chief was chosen by election among his relatives.
- What letters can be added to TANISTRY?
- No single letter can be added to TANISTRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TANISTRY:
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