TEPID is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TEPID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEPID?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEPID is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEPID
No single letter turns TEPID into another word.
How TEPID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TEPID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does TEPID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Moderately warm, especially of a liquid; also used figuratively for a lack of enthusiasm or interest.
A tepid bath or a cup of tepid tea sits somewhere between cold and properly warm, often unpleasantly so if real warmth was expected, and cooks and doctors alike use the word for any liquid deliberately kept at a mild, body-adjacent temperature. Writers extended the same idea figuratively long ago, so a tepid reception, a tepid review or tepid applause describes a response that is polite at best and clearly lacking real enthusiasm. The figurative sense has become extremely common in criticism and journalism, often carrying more force than the literal temperature sense in modern usage. Because tepid implies a disappointing middle ground rather than outright failure, it often signals faint praise more damning than open criticism.
How TEPID is used
Common in everyday speech for lukewarm liquids, and very common figuratively in criticism and journalism for a lukewarm, unenthusiastic response.
- He complained that the soup arrived tepid.
- The critics gave the film a tepid response.
- She poured tepid water over the plant's roots.
- Tepid applause greeted the closing speech.
- The coffee had gone tepid by the time he returned.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEPID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TEPID
9 longer words begin with TEPID.
Shorter words from the letters in TEPID
Common questions about TEPID
- Is TEPID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEPID, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEPID worth?
- TEPID is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEPID mean?
- Moderately warm, especially of a liquid; also used figuratively for a lack of enthusiasm or interest.
- What letters can be added to TEPID?
- No single letter can be added to TEPID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TEPID:
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