TEGUA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TEGUA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEGUA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEGUA is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEGUA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
teguasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEGUA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TEGUA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What does TEGUA mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A crude sandal or moccasin cut from a single piece of untanned rawhide, traditionally worn in parts of Mexico and the southwestern United States.
A tegua is cut and folded from a single piece of cured hide rather than stitched together like a shoe, which keeps its construction simple and its cost low. The word entered English from Spanish and stayed attached to the footwear of indigenous and rural communities in the borderlands between Mexico and the American Southwest. Because it names a specific traditional object rather than sandals in general, tegua is used mainly in descriptions of folk dress and regional craft rather than in everyday clothing talk.
How TEGUA is used
Used mainly in regional and ethnographic descriptions of traditional footwear rather than in everyday conversation about shoes.
- The old man still wears a tegua stitched from a single strip of hide.
- Museum photographs show villagers walking long distances in a tegua rather than in leather boots.
- She bought a pair of teguas at the market as a souvenir of the region.
- A tegua leaves the toes freer than a closed shoe does.
- The craftsman cuts each tegua by hand from rawhide left to dry in the sun.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEGUA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TEGUA
1 longer words begin with TEGUA.
Shorter words from the letters in TEGUA
Common questions about TEGUA
- Is TEGUA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEGUA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEGUA worth?
- TEGUA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEGUA mean?
- A crude sandal or moccasin cut from a single piece of untanned rawhide, traditionally worn in parts of Mexico and the southwestern United States.
- What letters can be added to TEGUA?
- TEGUA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TEGUA:
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