TERTIARY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TERTIARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TERTIARY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TERTIARY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TERTIARY
No single letter turns TERTIARY into another word.
How TERTIARY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TERTIARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TERTIARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TERTIARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Third in order or rank, as in the third stage of a sequence.
Tertiary follows primary and secondary, in education, healthcare and industry. As a noun, it names a lay member of a monastic order or the geological period before the Quaternary.
How TERTIARY is used
The word tertiary is used in education, medicine, geology and economics.
- Universities provide tertiary education.
- The patient was moved to a tertiary care hospital.
- Services make up the tertiary sector of the economy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TERTIARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TERTIARY
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Common questions about TERTIARY
- Is TERTIARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TERTIARY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TERTIARY worth?
- TERTIARY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TERTIARY mean?
- Third in order or rank, as in the third stage of a sequence.
- What letters can be added to TERTIARY?
- No single letter can be added to TERTIARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TERTIARY:
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