TANTALISE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TANTALISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TANTALISE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TANTALISE is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANTALISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TANTALISE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TANTALISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TANTALISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TANTALISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To torment or tease someone by showing them something desirable that they cannot have.
To tantalise comes from the Greek myth of Tantalus, who stood in water he could not drink. Today the word covers anything from a delicious smell drifting from a closed kitchen to a promise that is dangled and withdrawn.
How TANTALISE is used
The standard British spelling of this verb; American writers usually spell it with a z.
- The smell of fresh bread continued to tantalise the hungry travellers.
- Do not tantalise the dog with a treat you will not give.
- The trailer was meant to tantalise audiences without giving away the ending.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANTALISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TANTALISE
4 longer words begin with TANTALISE.
Shorter words from the letters in TANTALISE
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Common questions about TANTALISE
- Is TANTALISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TANTALISE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TANTALISE worth?
- TANTALISE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANTALISE mean?
- To torment or tease someone by showing them something desirable that they cannot have.
- What letters can be added to TANTALISE?
- TANTALISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TANTALISE:
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