TENURE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TENURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENURE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENURE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENURE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TENURE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TENURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,904.
What stands out about TENURE
- The same 6 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 TENURE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The holding of a position, office, or property, especially a permanent post granted to a teacher or professor after a probationary period.
Universities most often use tenure to describe the secure, long-term status granted to a professor once probationary reviews are passed, protecting the position from removal except for serious cause. The same word also covers the older, broader sense of holding land or public office under agreed terms and conditions. In both senses, tenure marks a shift from a trial period to a settled, protected arrangement.
How TENURE is used
Common in academic and legal writing; used both as an uncountable noun for the status itself and, less often, as a verb meaning to grant that status.
- She was granted tenure after six years of teaching and research.
- Land tenure in the region followed customary rather than written law.
- His tenure as department chair lasted almost a decade.
- The committee reviews every professor before awarding tenure.
- Losing tenure protection would leave the researcher without job security.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENURE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TENURE
The 6 tiles of TENURE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TENURE
2 longer words begin with TENURE.
Shorter words from the letters in TENURE
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Common questions about TENURE
- Is TENURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENURE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENURE worth?
- TENURE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENURE mean?
- The holding of a position, office, or property, especially a permanent post granted to a teacher or professor after a probationary period.
- What letters can be added to TENURE?
- TENURE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TENURE:
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