TENET is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TENET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENET?
| 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 TENET is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tenetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TENET scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TENET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,675.
What stands out about TENET
- TENET is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- TENET 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 TENET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A principle or belief held to be true, especially one central to a religion, philosophy, or movement.
Tenet comes straight from the Latin word meaning he holds, since the term originally described a position a scholar held and defended in debate. A creed or a philosophy is usually described through its tenets, the individual beliefs that together make up the whole system. Losing or rejecting a single tenet does not always mean abandoning the whole belief system, since some tenets matter more than others. The word carries a slightly formal tone and rarely describes a casual personal opinion.
How TENET is used
Countable: a tenet, several tenets; often used in the plural when listing the core ideas of a belief system.
- Non-violence is a central tenet of the movement.
- She rejected one tenet of the philosophy while keeping the rest.
- The tenets of the faith were written down only centuries later.
- Every tenet in the document had to be approved by the council.
- He treats punctuality as a personal tenet rather than a mere habit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TENET
1 longer words begin with TENET.
Shorter words from the letters in TENET
Common questions about TENET
- Is TENET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENET, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENET worth?
- TENET is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENET mean?
- A principle or belief held to be true, especially one central to a religion, philosophy, or movement.
- What letters can be added to TENET?
- TENET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TENET:
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