TETRAHEDRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TETRAHEDRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TETRAHEDRAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TETRAHEDRAL is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TETRAHEDRAL
No single letter turns TETRAHEDRAL into another word.
How TETRAHEDRAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in TETRAHEDRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TETRAHEDRAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TETRAHEDRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having four faces, or shaped like a pyramid with a triangular base.
Tetrahedral shapes appear in geometry and in chemistry, where a methane molecule has a tetrahedral arrangement of atoms around the carbon. The word describes the form, while the noun tetrahedron names the solid itself.
How TETRAHEDRAL is used
Used in geometry and chemistry for shapes and molecules built on four triangular faces or four points.
- Methane has a tetrahedral molecule with the carbon at the centre.
- The crystal grew in a tetrahedral shape.
- A tetrahedral kite is built from triangles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TETRAHEDRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TETRAHEDRAL
1 longer words begin with TETRAHEDRAL.
Shorter words from the letters in TETRAHEDRAL
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Common questions about TETRAHEDRAL
- Is TETRAHEDRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TETRAHEDRAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TETRAHEDRAL worth?
- TETRAHEDRAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TETRAHEDRAL mean?
- Having four faces, or shaped like a pyramid with a triangular base.
- What letters can be added to TETRAHEDRAL?
- No single letter can be added to TETRAHEDRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of TETRAHEDRAL:
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