TARAMA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TARAMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARAMA?
| 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 TARAMA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARAMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
taramasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TARAMA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TARAMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 197,099.
What does TARAMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A creamy pink dip made by blending salted fish eggs with olive oil, lemon juice and bread or potato.
Taramasalata, the dip most diners meet in Greek restaurants, is built on tarama, the salted and cured roe of cod or carp. The word is Turkish in origin and names the roe as an ingredient as well as the paste. The colour ranges from pale cream to bright pink, depending on the roe and on whether any dye is used.
How TARAMA is used
Cooking and menu word, mostly met inside the longer name taramasalata.
- The cook beat the tarama with olive oil until it was smooth.
- Tarama spread on warm bread made a fine starter.
- A jar of tarama sat beside the olives at the deli.
- Real tarama is paler than the supermarket kind.
- He ordered the tarama with a wedge of lemon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARAMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TARAMA
The 6 tiles of TARAMA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TARAMA
3 longer words begin with TARAMA.
Shorter words from the letters in TARAMA
Common questions about TARAMA
- Is TARAMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARAMA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARAMA worth?
- TARAMA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARAMA mean?
- A creamy pink dip made by blending salted fish eggs with olive oil, lemon juice and bread or potato.
- What letters can be added to TARAMA?
- TARAMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TARAMA:
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