TENSIBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TENSIBLE 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 TENSIBLE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENSIBLE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENSIBLE
No single letter turns TENSIBLE into another word.
How TENSIBLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TENSIBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TENSIBLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TENSIBLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Capable of being stretched or drawn out.
Tensible is an old, rare relative of tensile, and it describes a material that will lengthen under pull without snapping. You are more likely to see tensile in modern engineering, with tensible left to older scientific prose.
How TENSIBLE is used
Tensible is archaic-sounding and appears mostly in older technical writing.
- Gold is a tensible metal and can be drawn into thin wire.
- The tensible fibre stretched without breaking.
- The old manual called the alloy highly tensible.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENSIBLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TENSIBLE
The 8 tiles of TENSIBLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TENSIBLE
2 longer words begin with TENSIBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in TENSIBLE
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Common questions about TENSIBLE
- Is TENSIBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENSIBLE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENSIBLE worth?
- TENSIBLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENSIBLE mean?
- Capable of being stretched or drawn out.
- What letters can be added to TENSIBLE?
- No single letter can be added to TENSIBLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TENSIBLE:
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