TENDENCIOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TENDENCIOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENDENCIOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENDENCIOUS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENDENCIOUS
No single letter turns TENDENCIOUS into another word.
How TENDENCIOUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in TENDENCIOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TENDENCIOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TENDENCIOUS
- TENDENCIOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TENDENCIOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Showing a clear bias, written or spoken to push a particular point of view.
Tendencious is a rare variant of the more familiar tendentious. A tendencious report does not merely inform but quietly argues for one side.
How TENDENCIOUS is used
Tendencious is uncommon; tendentious is the usual spelling in modern writing.
- The paper printed a tendencious account of the strike.
- Critics found the film tendencious and one-sided.
- A tendencious summary left out every opposing view.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENDENCIOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TENDENCIOUS
2 longer words begin with TENDENCIOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in TENDENCIOUS
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Common questions about TENDENCIOUS
- Is TENDENCIOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENDENCIOUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENDENCIOUS worth?
- TENDENCIOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENDENCIOUS mean?
- Showing a clear bias, written or spoken to push a particular point of view.
- What letters can be added to TENDENCIOUS?
- No single letter can be added to TENDENCIOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of TENDENCIOUS:
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