TAUTNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TAUTNESS 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 TAUTNESS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAUTNESS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAUTNESS
No single letter turns TAUTNESS into another word.
How TAUTNESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TAUTNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TAUTNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TAUTNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The state of being pulled tight, with no slack.
Tautness is what a climber checks in a rope and what a drummer tunes into a skin. Writers also borrow it for a story or a nervous mood that feels stretched to the limit.
How TAUTNESS is used
Tautness fits both physical things such as cords and fabrics and figurative things such as plots and tempers.
- The tautness of the guitar string told him it was close to snapping.
- He admired the tautness of the sail as the wind filled it.
- The film keeps a thriller tautness right up to the final scene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAUTNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TAUTNESS
The 8 tiles of TAUTNESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TAUTNESS
1 longer words begin with TAUTNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in TAUTNESS
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Common questions about TAUTNESS
- Is TAUTNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAUTNESS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAUTNESS worth?
- TAUTNESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAUTNESS mean?
- The state of being pulled tight, with no slack.
- What letters can be added to TAUTNESS?
- No single letter can be added to TAUTNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TAUTNESS:
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