TAWA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. TAWA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept TAWA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAWA is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAWA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAWA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TAWA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does TAWA mean in Scrabble?
noun
New Zealand
A large native New Zealand tree with dark, glossy leaves.
Tawa forms much of the canopy in lowland forest across the North Island and the top of the South Island, and its wood was once cut for furniture and flooring before the tree came under greater protection. Birds such as the kereru rely heavily on its fruit, which ripens through the cooler months.
How TAWA is used
Countable: a tawa, several tawa trees. Confined to New Zealand native forest.
- The track wound through a stand of tall tawa.
- A single tawa can live for several centuries.
- Kereru gorge themselves on ripe tawa fruit in autumn.
- Old tawa timber turns up in restored villas.
- The forest canopy here is almost entirely tawa.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAWA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAWA
3 longer words begin with TAWA.
Words with TAWA inside
17 words contain TAWA in the middle. Words that start with TAWA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TAWA
Common questions about TAWA
- Is TAWA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAWA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAWA worth?
- TAWA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAWA mean?
- A large native New Zealand tree with dark, glossy leaves.
- What letters can be added to TAWA?
- TAWA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TAWA:
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