TETRAGON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TETRAGON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TETRAGON?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TETRAGON is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TETRAGON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tetragonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TETRAGON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TETRAGON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TETRAGON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TETRAGON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A tetragon is a plane figure with four sides and four angles.
Squares, rectangles and rhombuses are all kinds of tetragon, the word being the Greek-based twin of quadrilateral. Old astrology books also used it for a particular angle between two planets.
How TETRAGON is used
Tetragon is a geometry term for any four-sided figure.
- Draw a tetragon and label each corner.
- The floor tiles were laid in the shape of a tetragon.
- Every square is a tetragon, but not every tetragon is a square.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TETRAGON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TETRAGON
5 longer words begin with TETRAGON.
Shorter words from the letters in TETRAGON
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Common questions about TETRAGON
- Is TETRAGON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TETRAGON, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TETRAGON worth?
- TETRAGON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TETRAGON mean?
- A tetragon is a plane figure with four sides and four angles.
- What letters can be added to TETRAGON?
- TETRAGON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TETRAGON:
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