TAUTOG is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TAUTOG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAUTOG?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAUTOG is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAUTOG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tautogsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAUTOG scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TAUTOG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,979.
What does TAUTOG mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyNorth American
A dark, thick-bodied wrasse found along the Atlantic coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
The tautog gets its name from an Algonquian word passed down through early contact between English settlers and the coastal peoples of the northeastern United States. It lives around rocks, wrecks, and reefs, where its blunt teeth let it crush the shellfish it feeds on. Anglers know the tautog as a strong-fighting, wary fish, and its dark colouring earned it the everyday nickname blackfish.
How TAUTOG is used
A regional name used mainly by anglers and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, where the fish is common.
- The fishermen anchored over a wreck known for tautog.
- A tautog can be surprisingly hard to pull off the rocks.
- Local menus listed pan-seared tautog as the catch of the day.
- He baited the hook with crab to attract tautog.
- The dark colouring of the tautog earned it the nickname blackfish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAUTOG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAUTOG
1 longer words begin with TAUTOG.
Shorter words from the letters in TAUTOG
Common questions about TAUTOG
- Is TAUTOG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAUTOG, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAUTOG worth?
- TAUTOG is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAUTOG mean?
- A dark, thick-bodied wrasse found along the Atlantic coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
- What letters can be added to TAUTOG?
- TAUTOG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TAUTOG:
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