TARTY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TARTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARTY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TARTY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARTY
No single letter turns TARTY into another word.
How TARTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TARTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 46,474.
What does TARTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Dressed or styled in a way considered cheaply or crudely sexually provocative, used informally and often disapprovingly, especially in British English.
Tarty comes from the noun tart, meaning a woman regarded as cheaply glamorous or promiscuous, with the adjective ending -y attached, and it typically describes clothing, makeup or overall style rather than behaviour on its own. Speakers use tarty to criticise an outfit as too short, too tight or too heavily made-up, carrying a clear judgment about taste rather than a neutral description. The word is common in British tabloid and everyday speech but sounds markedly informal, and a more neutral word such as provocative or flashy is preferred in formal writing. Because tarty passes judgment on how someone, usually a woman, chooses to dress, it is generally used with an awareness that it can sound harsh or old-fashioned.
How TARTY is used
Informal British English, used to criticise clothing or styling as cheaply sexually provocative; it carries a judgmental tone rather than a neutral one.
- She thought the dress looked a bit tarty for a work party.
- The magazine mocked the singer's tarty stage outfit.
- He complained that the costume was tarty rather than glamorous.
- Critics called the makeup tarty and over the top.
- The shop stopped selling the tarty leopard-print skirts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TARTY
The 5 tiles of TARTY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TARTY
Common questions about TARTY
- Is TARTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARTY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARTY worth?
- TARTY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARTY mean?
- Dressed or styled in a way considered cheaply or crudely sexually provocative, used informally and often disapprovingly, especially in British English.
- What letters can be added to TARTY?
- No single letter can be added to TARTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TARTY:
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