TES is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 3 points
Yes for Scrabble. TES is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept TES?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TES is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TES scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What stands out about TES
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 TES mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
In tonic sol-fa, the syllable sung for the lowered seventh degree of a scale, close in sound to ti.
Tes belongs to the tonic sol-fa system, a method of teaching sight-singing where each note of a scale is given its own syllable, such as doh, ray, and me. Singers use tes when the seventh degree of the scale is lowered slightly from its usual pitch, distinguishing it from the ordinary te.
How TES is used
Used in music teaching and tonic sol-fa notation rather than everyday speech.
- The choir practised the tricky tes before moving to the next line.
- Their teacher marked every tes in blue pencil on the score.
- Singing a clean tes took the students several tries.
- The melody dipped briefly onto a tes before resolving.
- She explained how tes differs from an ordinary te in pitch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TES
The 3 tiles of TES in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TES
Showing 24 of 128 words that begin with TES.
Words ending in TES
Showing 24 of 3709 words that end in TES. Useful as a back hook: play TES onto a word already on the board.
Words with TES inside
Showing 24 of 495 words that contain TES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TES
Common questions about TES
- Is TES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TES is not in it.
- How many points is TES worth?
- TES is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TES mean?
- In tonic sol-fa, the syllable sung for the lowered seventh degree of a scale, close in sound to ti.
- What letters can be added to TES?
- TES takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TES:
Open TES in the Word Finder