TENIA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TENIA 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 TENIA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENIA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENIA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TENIA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TENIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,152.
What stands out about TENIA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TENIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalzoology
A tapeworm, or a narrow band-like structure in the body resembling one.
Tenia is a variant spelling of taenia, the genus name given to a group of flat intestinal parasites that can pass into a person through undercooked meat. The same spelling also labels an unrelated feature of human anatomy, the tenia coli, three muscular strips running the length of the large intestine and giving it a puckered, segmented look. Both uses trace back to a Latin word for ribbon, since the worm and the muscular strip both look somewhat like a length of woven cloth. A third and much older sense, now rarely used, named the plain fillet worn as a headband in ancient Greece.
How TENIA is used
Countable; most often met in medical writing about parasites or intestinal anatomy, more often spelled taenia.
- The stool sample tested positive for a tenia infection.
- The tenia coli give the colon its characteristic pouched appearance.
- A tenia can grow to several metres inside the human gut.
- Undercooked pork is the usual source of a tenia infection.
- The surgeon pointed out the tenia running along the bowel wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TENIA
The 5 tiles of TENIA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TENIA
8 longer words begin with TENIA.
Shorter words from the letters in TENIA
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Common questions about TENIA
- Is TENIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENIA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENIA worth?
- TENIA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENIA mean?
- A tapeworm, or a narrow band-like structure in the body resembling one.
- What letters can be added to TENIA?
- TENIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TENIA:
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