TELESCOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. TELESCOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TELESCOPE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TELESCOPE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TELESCOPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TELESCOPE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TELESCOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TELESCOPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TELESCOPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
An optical instrument that makes distant objects appear closer and larger.
A telescope gathers light with a lens or a mirror, which is why larger ones reveal fainter stars. The same word also names a tube made of sliding sections, and it gives the verb for collapsing into oneself.
How TELESCOPE is used
Telescope is common in astronomy, in sailing and in ordinary talk about stargazing.
- He set up the telescope in the garden to watch the eclipse.
- Galileo pointed his telescope at the moons of Jupiter.
- The captain raised a brass telescope to scan the horizon.
- A large telescope sits on top of the mountain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TELESCOPE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TELESCOPE
2 longer words begin with TELESCOPE.
Shorter words from the letters in TELESCOPE
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Common questions about TELESCOPE
- Is TELESCOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TELESCOPE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TELESCOPE worth?
- TELESCOPE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TELESCOPE mean?
- An optical instrument that makes distant objects appear closer and larger.
- What letters can be added to TELESCOPE?
- TELESCOPE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TELESCOPE:
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