TENSILE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TENSILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENSILE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENSILE is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENSILE
No single letter turns TENSILE into another word.
How TENSILE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TENSILE, 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 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 46,786.
What stands out about TENSILE
- The same 7 tiles also spell 3 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 TENSILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to tension, or able to be stretched without breaking.
Engineers talk about tensile strength when they test how much pulling a rope or steel bar can take. A tensile material gives under stretching instead of snapping at once.
How TENSILE is used
Tensile is mostly used in engineering and materials science.
- Steel has high tensile strength.
- The cable failed under tensile load.
- A tensile test pulled the sample apart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENSILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TENSILE
The 7 tiles of TENSILE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TENSILE
3 longer words begin with TENSILE.
Shorter words from the letters in TENSILE
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Common questions about TENSILE
- Is TENSILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENSILE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENSILE worth?
- TENSILE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENSILE mean?
- Relating to tension, or able to be stretched without breaking.
- What letters can be added to TENSILE?
- No single letter can be added to TENSILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TENSILE:
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