TMESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TMESIS 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 TMESIS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TMESIS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TMESIS
No single letter turns TMESIS into another word.
How TMESIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TMESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What stands out about TMESIS
- 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 TMESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The splitting of a compound word or phrase into two parts by putting another word in between.
English speakers use tmesis for emphasis, as in "abso-bloody-lutely" or "fan-flipping-tastic", where the inserted word breaks a single word open. The same device appears in older poetry, where a word was parted to fit the metre. The term is Greek in origin and means a cutting, which is exactly what the speaker does to the word.
How TMESIS is used
A term from grammar and rhetoric; the informal examples are heard mostly in casual speech.
- The comedian used tmesis when he stretched the word into "un-flipping-believable".
- A class on rhetoric usually mentions tmesis as one of the figures of speech.
- Her habit of tmesis made every long word sound like a joke.
- Old verse sometimes relies on tmesis to make a line scan.
- He explained tmesis by splitting "whatsoever" in two.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TMESIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TMESIS
The 6 tiles of TMESIS in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TMESIS
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Common questions about TMESIS
- Is TMESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TMESIS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TMESIS worth?
- TMESIS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TMESIS mean?
- The splitting of a compound word or phrase into two parts by putting another word in between.
- What letters can be added to TMESIS?
- No single letter can be added to TMESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TMESIS:
Open TMESIS in the Word Finder