TAT is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. TAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAT?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAT is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,198.
What stands out about TAT
- TAT is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Cheap and shoddy goods.
Tat is a judgement rather than a category: the same souvenir stall is full of tat or full of finds depending entirely on who is looking at it. The word grew out of tatter and keeps the idea of something coming apart, and in Britain it covers market stalls, gift shops and the contents of a loft in equal measure.
How TAT is used
Uncountable: a load of tat, full of tat. The related adjective is tatty.
- The shop sells nothing but tat and does very well.
- One person's tat is another's collection.
- He cleared two boxes of tat out of the loft.
- The stall was tat from end to end.
- Tat at the seaside is half the point of the seaside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TAT
The 3 tiles of TAT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TAT
Showing 24 of 83 words that begin with TAT.
Words ending in TAT
Showing 24 of 36 words that end in TAT. Useful as a back hook: play TAT onto a word already on the board.
Words with TAT inside
Showing 24 of 2051 words that contain TAT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TAT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TAT
Common questions about TAT
- Is TAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAT, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAT worth?
- TAT is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAT mean?
- Cheap and shoddy goods.
- What letters can be added to TAT?
- TAT takes 7 hooks: 2 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TAT:
Open TAT in the Word Finder