TERTIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TERTIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TERTIAN?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TERTIAN is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TERTIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tertiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TERTIAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TERTIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,498.
What stands out about TERTIAN
- The same 7 tiles also spell 5 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 TERTIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Describing a fever that returns every other day, counting the first and last days.
A tertian pattern is typical of certain forms of malaria. Older doctors used the word as a noun too, for the fever itself, in contrast with the quartan type that came back every fourth day.
How TERTIAN is used
Tertian is an older medical term still found in discussions of malaria.
- The patient suffered from a tertian fever.
- Tertian malaria brings chills at regular intervals.
- The doctor recorded a tertian pattern of attacks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TERTIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TERTIAN
The 7 tiles of TERTIAN in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with TERTIAN
1 longer words begin with TERTIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in TERTIAN
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Common questions about TERTIAN
- Is TERTIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TERTIAN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TERTIAN worth?
- TERTIAN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TERTIAN mean?
- Describing a fever that returns every other day, counting the first and last days.
- What letters can be added to TERTIAN?
- TERTIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TERTIAN:
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