TIERCE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TIERCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TIERCE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIERCE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIERCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIERCE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TIERCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What stands out about TIERCE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 TIERCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A third of something, used for a sequence of three cards of one suit, a fencing guard, a third of a wine cask, or a church prayer hour.
The word tierce comes from the French for a third and shows up in many fields. In piquet it names three consecutive cards of the same suit, in fencing it is the third of the parrying positions, and in the Church it is the service said at about nine in the morning. Merchants once also used the tierce as a cask holding a third of a pipe of wine.
How TIERCE is used
Mostly technical; the sense depends on the field in which it appears.
- In piquet a tierce of hearts beat his pair.
- The fencer turned her wrist into tierce.
- The monks chanted tierce at nine o'clock.
- A tierce of wine was rolled into the cellar.
- He held a tierce major in his hand and smiled.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIERCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIERCE
The 6 tiles of TIERCE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TIERCE
10 longer words begin with TIERCE.
Shorter words from the letters in TIERCE
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Common questions about TIERCE
- Is TIERCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIERCE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIERCE worth?
- TIERCE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIERCE mean?
- A third of something, used for a sequence of three cards of one suit, a fencing guard, a third of a wine cask, or a church prayer hour.
- What letters can be added to TIERCE?
- TIERCE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TIERCE:
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