TENTH is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TENTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENTH?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENTH is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tenthsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TENTH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TENTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,855.
What does TENTH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Coming after the ninth and before the eleventh in a sequence, the ordinal number matching ten; also used as a noun for one of ten equal parts or, in music, for an interval spanning an octave and a third.
A runner who finishes tenth crosses the line after nine others, and the same ordinal describes anything occupying that position in a numbered sequence, from a tenth birthday to a tenth chapter. As a noun the word shifts to naming a fraction, so a tenth of a population or a tenth of a budget refers to one of ten equal shares of a whole. Musicians use tenth in a specialised sense for the interval between two notes an octave and a third apart, a wider and richer-sounding gap than a simple third. Historically, a tenth also named a tax of one part in ten levied on income or produce, a sense that survives today mainly in older legal and religious writing about tithes.
How TENTH is used
Common as an ordinal number and a fraction in everyday speech, with specialised senses in music (an interval) and older law and religion (a tax of one part in ten).
- She finished tenth in the marathon.
- He celebrated his tenth birthday with a small party.
- Only a tenth of the applicants were interviewed.
- The pianist stretched to reach the tenth with one hand.
- Medieval records mention a tenth paid to the crown each year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TENTH
2 longer words begin with TENTH.
Shorter words from the letters in TENTH
Common questions about TENTH
- Is TENTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENTH, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENTH worth?
- TENTH is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENTH mean?
- Coming after the ninth and before the eleventh in a sequence, the ordinal number matching ten; also used as a noun for one of ten equal parts or, in music, for an interval spanning an octave and a third.
- What letters can be added to TENTH?
- TENTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TENTH:
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