TARTAR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TARTAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARTAR?
| 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 TARTAR is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARTAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TARTAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TARTAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 147,167.
What does TARTAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hard yellowish deposit that forms on the teeth from minerals in saliva, or a crusty sediment that forms in wine casks; also, an unusually fierce or difficult person.
Dental tartar builds up when soft plaque hardens on the teeth and, if not removed by a dentist, can lead to gum disease, while a related crust called cream of tartar forms naturally inside wine barrels and is refined for use in baking. Separately, English uses tartar informally for a person, often a woman, who is fierce, sharp-tempered or hard to manage, an idiom that has long since drifted away from the chemical senses of the word. The sauce called tartar sauce takes its name from the same word family but is unrelated to any of these meanings.
How TARTAR is used
The dental and chemical senses are everyday and technical; the sense of a fierce person is informal and used mainly in description of someone's temper.
- The dentist scraped a layer of tartar off his back teeth.
- Cream of tartar is scraped from the inside of wine casks.
- The new supervisor turned out to be a real tartar.
- Regular brushing helps prevent tartar from building up.
- Her aunt was known in the family as an absolute tartar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARTAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TARTAR
19 longer words begin with TARTAR.
Shorter words from the letters in TARTAR
Common questions about TARTAR
- Is TARTAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARTAR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARTAR worth?
- TARTAR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARTAR mean?
- A hard yellowish deposit that forms on the teeth from minerals in saliva, or a crusty sediment that forms in wine casks; also, an unusually fierce or difficult person.
- What letters can be added to TARTAR?
- TARTAR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TARTAR:
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