TESSERACT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TESSERACT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TESSERACT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TESSERACT is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TESSERACT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tesseractsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TESSERACT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TESSERACT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TESSERACT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TESSERACT
- TESSERACT begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TESSERACT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A four-dimensional shape that extends a cube, pictured as one cube nested inside another with their corners joined.
Nobody can see a true tesseract, so drawings show a flat projection of it. Mathematicians treat it as the four-dimensional step after the square and the cube. Science fiction borrowed the word for gateways and puzzles.
How TESSERACT is used
Used in geometry and popular science, and often in fiction as a name for something that bends space.
- The poster showed a spinning tesseract made of glowing lines.
- A tesseract has eight cubic cells in its boundary.
- The teacher drew a tesseract as a small cube inside a bigger one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TESSERACT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TESSERACT
1 longer words begin with TESSERACT.
Shorter words from the letters in TESSERACT
Showing 40 of 420. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about TESSERACT
- Is TESSERACT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TESSERACT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TESSERACT worth?
- TESSERACT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TESSERACT mean?
- A four-dimensional shape that extends a cube, pictured as one cube nested inside another with their corners joined.
- What letters can be added to TESSERACT?
- TESSERACT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TESSERACT:
Open TESSERACT in the Word Finder