TENNE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TENNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENNE?
| 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 TENNE 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 TENNE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TENNE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TENNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,675.
What does TENNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
heraldry
An orange-brown tincture used in heraldry, one of the less common stains found on a coat of arms.
Tenne belongs to a small group of heraldic colours called stains, which were used far less often than the standard tinctures of red, blue, black, green and purple. Along with murrey and sanguine, tenne was sometimes said to mark a mild dishonour on a coat of arms, though how strictly that rule was ever followed is doubtful. Heraldic artists represent tenne with a pattern of diagonal lines crossing vertical ones rather than with an actual colour on old black-and-white engravings. Because it appears so rarely, spotting tenne on an actual coat of arms is unusual even for people who study heraldry closely.
How TENNE is used
A specialised heraldic term, met almost exclusively in descriptions of coats of arms.
- The shield used tenne for the border, a rare choice in local heraldry.
- Tenne and murrey together were once read as marks of disgrace.
- The herald explained why tenne appears so seldom in real blazons.
- Engravers marked tenne with crossed diagonal and vertical lines.
- Few coats of arms in the county register make any use of tenne.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TENNE
6 longer words begin with TENNE.
Words with TENNE inside
7 words contain TENNE in the middle. Words that start with TENNE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TENNE
Common questions about TENNE
- Is TENNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENNE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENNE worth?
- TENNE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENNE mean?
- An orange-brown tincture used in heraldry, one of the less common stains found on a coat of arms.
- What letters can be added to TENNE?
- TENNE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TENNE:
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