TELEGA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TELEGA 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 TELEGA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TELEGA is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TELEGA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
telegasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TELEGA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TELEGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What stands out about TELEGA
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TELEGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalregional
A simple four-wheeled cart without springs, traditionally used in Russia for hauling goods or people.
A telega is built plainly, often little more than planks laid across an axle, and its lack of springs makes for a famously rough ride over uneven roads. It was the ordinary working cart of the Russian countryside for centuries, pulled by a single horse and used for everything from carrying grain to moving whole families. Travel writing about rural Russia often mentions the telega specifically for how jarring the journey could be.
How TELEGA is used
A historical and regional term describing a traditional Russian cart, mainly met in travel writing and history.
- A telega loaded with hay rattled down the dirt road.
- The peasant hitched his horse to the telega before dawn.
- Every jolt of the telega reminded them there were no springs.
- Grain sacks filled the back of the telega for market day.
- The old telega had carried three generations of the family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TELEGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TELEGA
The 6 tiles of TELEGA in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with TELEGA
1 longer words begin with TELEGA.
Shorter words from the letters in TELEGA
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Common questions about TELEGA
- Is TELEGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TELEGA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TELEGA worth?
- TELEGA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TELEGA mean?
- A simple four-wheeled cart without springs, traditionally used in Russia for hauling goods or people.
- What letters can be added to TELEGA?
- TELEGA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TELEGA:
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