TENEMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TENEMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENEMENT?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENEMENT is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENEMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tenementsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TENEMENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TENEMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TENEMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TENEMENT
- TENEMENT begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TENEMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large building divided into separate flats, especially a crowded, run-down one in a city.
Tenement conjures cramped city housing, narrow stairs and shared washrooms, though in Scotland the word is neutral and covers handsome stone blocks of flats. In law it also has an old sense of property held from a superior.
How TENEMENT is used
Tenement is used for apartment blocks, with a harsher tone in American English.
- Their family lived in a tenement on the east side.
- The Glasgow tenement had a stone stair and a shared back court.
- Reformers called for the old tenement blocks to be pulled down.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENEMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TENEMENT
4 longer words begin with TENEMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in TENEMENT
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Common questions about TENEMENT
- Is TENEMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENEMENT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENEMENT worth?
- TENEMENT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENEMENT mean?
- A large building divided into separate flats, especially a crowded, run-down one in a city.
- What letters can be added to TENEMENT?
- TENEMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TENEMENT:
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