TANNIN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TANNIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TANNIN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TANNIN is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANNIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TANNIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TANNIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,639.
What does TANNIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
Any of a group of bitter, astringent plant compounds, related to gallic acid, found in bark, tea, wine and other plant tissues.
Tannin gives tea, red wine and unripe fruit their characteristic dry, puckering taste, and the same compounds were long used to turn raw animal hides into leather, which is the origin of the word tanning. Winemakers and tea tasters routinely discuss tannin levels because the compound affects both flavour and how a wine ages over time. The name comes directly from tan, the bark once used as the main industrial source of the substance.
How TANNIN is used
Common in discussion of wine, tea and traditional leather-making, and in general chemistry.
- The wine had a strong tannin that dried the mouth.
- Oak barrels add extra tannin to the ageing wine.
- Tannin extracted from bark was once essential to the leather trade.
- Strong black tea contains more tannin than a light green tea.
- The chemist measured the tannin content of each sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANNIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TANNIN
3 longer words begin with TANNIN.
Shorter words from the letters in TANNIN
Common questions about TANNIN
- Is TANNIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TANNIN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TANNIN worth?
- TANNIN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANNIN mean?
- Any of a group of bitter, astringent plant compounds, related to gallic acid, found in bark, tea, wine and other plant tissues.
- What letters can be added to TANNIN?
- TANNIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TANNIN:
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