TARDYON is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TARDYON 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 TARDYON?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TARDYON is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARDYON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tardyonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TARDYON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TARDYON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does TARDYON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A particle that travels more slowly than the speed of light.
Physicists coined tardyon to contrast with the hypothetical tachyon, which would move faster than light. Ordinary matter, including every atom, falls into the tardyon class.
How TARDYON is used
A physics term for any particle slower than light.
- An electron is a tardyon because it cannot reach light speed.
- The lecture contrasted a tardyon with a tachyon.
- Every tardyon has a mass greater than zero.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARDYON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TARDYON
1 longer words begin with TARDYON.
Shorter words from the letters in TARDYON
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Common questions about TARDYON
- Is TARDYON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARDYON, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARDYON worth?
- TARDYON is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARDYON mean?
- A particle that travels more slowly than the speed of light.
- What letters can be added to TARDYON?
- TARDYON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TARDYON:
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