TIMEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TIMEOUS 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 TIMEOUS?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIMEOUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIMEOUS
No single letter turns TIMEOUS into another word.
How TIMEOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TIMEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 96,496.
What stands out about TIMEOUS
- TIMEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TIMEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Happening in good time; timely.
Timeous is a Scottish form that sounds more formal than timely, and it often turns up in legal and official notices. It stresses that something was done early enough to count.
How TIMEOUS is used
Timeous is mainly Scottish and is common in legal and business writing there.
- The council asked for timeous payment of the fee.
- A timeous warning saved the crew from the storm.
- Thanks to a timeous reply, the contract was signed on schedule.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIMEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TIMEOUS
1 longer words begin with TIMEOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in TIMEOUS
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Common questions about TIMEOUS
- Is TIMEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIMEOUS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIMEOUS worth?
- TIMEOUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIMEOUS mean?
- Happening in good time; timely.
- What letters can be added to TIMEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to TIMEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TIMEOUS:
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