TEXAS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TEXAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEXAS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEXAS is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEXAS
No single letter turns TEXAS into another word.
How TEXAS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TEXAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does TEXAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalhistorical
The uppermost deck structure on a steamboat that housed the officers' quarters, positioned just below the pilot house.
On the big paddle steamers that once worked American rivers, the texas sat above the main cabin deck and gave officers a set of small, plain rooms of their own, separate from the passengers below. Riverboat crews are said to have named the structure after the state of Texas because, at the time the term caught on, Texas was by far the largest state in the country, and the texas was the largest single structure on the upper works of the boat. The pilot house itself usually sat directly on top of the texas, giving the pilot a clear view over the whole vessel. The word survives today mainly in histories of steamboats and in descriptions of preserved or replica vessels.
How TEXAS is used
A specialist nautical and historical term, met mainly in writing about steamboats and river transport.
- The captain's quarters were located in the texas, just below the pilot house.
- Photographs of the old steamer show the texas rising above the main deck.
- Officers on the boat slept in small cabins inside the texas.
- The museum's replica steamboat includes a rebuilt texas and pilot house.
- Fire spread quickly through the wooden texas before the crew could contain it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEXAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TEXAS
The 5 tiles of TEXAS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TEXAS
1 longer words begin with TEXAS.
Shorter words from the letters in TEXAS
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Common questions about TEXAS
- Is TEXAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEXAS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEXAS worth?
- TEXAS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEXAS mean?
- The uppermost deck structure on a steamboat that housed the officers' quarters, positioned just below the pilot house.
- What letters can be added to TEXAS?
- No single letter can be added to TEXAS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TEXAS:
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