TAPIS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TAPIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAPIS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAPIS is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAPIS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tapistChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TAPIS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TAPIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about TAPIS
- The same 5 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 TAPIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
A tapestry or richly woven cloth, especially one once used to cover a council or conference table; chiefly remembered today in the phrase on the tapis.
The word tapis came into English from French, where it simply meant carpet or covering cloth, and it once described the decorative fabric spread across the table where councils and committees met to discuss business. From that image grew the phrase on the tapis, meaning a matter that has been placed before a group for consideration, much as we now say something is on the table. Outside that fixed phrase, tapis rarely appears in modern English at all.
How TAPIS is used
Survives almost entirely in the fixed phrase on the tapis, meaning under discussion.
- The proposal was finally on the tapis after months of delay.
- Council members spread their papers across the tapis.
- The old records call the meeting cloth a tapis.
- Once the matter came onto the tapis, debate grew heated.
- Historians described the ornate tapis used in royal councils.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAPIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TAPIS
The 5 tiles of TAPIS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TAPIS
3 longer words begin with TAPIS.
Shorter words from the letters in TAPIS
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Common questions about TAPIS
- Is TAPIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAPIS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAPIS worth?
- TAPIS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAPIS mean?
- A tapestry or richly woven cloth, especially one once used to cover a council or conference table; chiefly remembered today in the phrase on the tapis.
- What letters can be added to TAPIS?
- TAPIS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TAPIS:
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