TELLABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TELLABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TELLABLE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TELLABLE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TELLABLE
No single letter turns TELLABLE into another word.
How TELLABLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TELLABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TELLABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TELLABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Able to be told or related to others.
Tellable describes a story or secret that can be shared aloud, often one fit for an audience. A tellable anecdote has a clear shape; a painful memory may be real but hardly tellable.
How TELLABLE is used
Tellable is uncommon and usually describes stories, jokes or experiences.
- It was a tellable story, full of twists and a neat ending.
- Some of what happened that night was not tellable at dinner.
- She kept only the tellable parts of the trip for the speech.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TELLABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TELLABLE
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Common questions about TELLABLE
- Is TELLABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TELLABLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TELLABLE worth?
- TELLABLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TELLABLE mean?
- Able to be told or related to others.
- What letters can be added to TELLABLE?
- No single letter can be added to TELLABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TELLABLE:
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