TINSELLED is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TINSELLED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TINSELLED?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TINSELLED is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TINSELLED
No single letter turns TINSELLED into another word.
How TINSELLED scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TINSELLED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TINSELLED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TINSELLED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Decorated with strands of glittering tinsel, or showy in a cheap, flashy way.
Tinselled things sparkle, from Christmas trees to stage costumes. Figuratively the word hints that the glamour is on the surface only.
How TINSELLED is used
Literal for decorations, figurative for superficial glamour.
- A tinselled tree stood in the window.
- The tinselled costumes caught the stage lights.
- She was tired of the tinselled world of celebrity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TINSELLED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TINSELLED
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Common questions about TINSELLED
- Is TINSELLED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TINSELLED, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TINSELLED worth?
- TINSELLED is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TINSELLED mean?
- Decorated with strands of glittering tinsel, or showy in a cheap, flashy way.
- What letters can be added to TINSELLED?
- No single letter can be added to TINSELLED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TINSELLED:
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