TARPAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TARPAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARPAN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TARPAN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARPAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tarpansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TARPAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TARPAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about TARPAN
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 TARPAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small wild horse of the European and Asian plains that died out in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The tarpan was a dun-coloured horse with a dark stripe down its back and a stiff upright mane. The last known animal died in captivity around 1909, and its range had been shrinking for centuries as farmland spread. Breeders later tried to recreate its look by crossing hardy primitive horses, producing animals sometimes called tarpans.
How TARPAN is used
Used in zoology and prehistory; the name comes from a Turkic language of Central Asia.
- The tarpan once grazed across the steppe.
- Cave paintings may show an early tarpan.
- Breeders crossed ponies to restore the look of the tarpan.
- The last tarpan died in a zoo, far from the open plain.
- A museum skeleton of a tarpan stood in the main hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARPAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TARPAN
The 6 tiles of TARPAN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TARPAN
1 longer words begin with TARPAN.
Shorter words from the letters in TARPAN
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Common questions about TARPAN
- Is TARPAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARPAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARPAN worth?
- TARPAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARPAN mean?
- A small wild horse of the European and Asian plains that died out in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- What letters can be added to TARPAN?
- TARPAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TARPAN:
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