TOMBOLO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TOMBOLO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOMBOLO?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOMBOLO is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOMBOLO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tombolosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOMBOLO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TOMBOLO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,978 thousand.
What does TOMBOLO mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A narrow bar of sand or shingle that joins an island to the mainland or to another island.
A tombolo forms when waves bend around an island and drop their sediment behind it. Geography books use it as a standard example of a coastal landform.
How TOMBOLO is used
Tombolo is a geography and geology term for a coastal feature.
- At low tide you can walk across the tombolo to the island.
- The tombolo built up slowly over thousands of years.
- A tombolo links the rocky headland to the shore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOMBOLO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOMBOLO
1 longer words begin with TOMBOLO.
Shorter words from the letters in TOMBOLO
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Common questions about TOMBOLO
- Is TOMBOLO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOMBOLO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOMBOLO worth?
- TOMBOLO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOMBOLO mean?
- A narrow bar of sand or shingle that joins an island to the mainland or to another island.
- What letters can be added to TOMBOLO?
- TOMBOLO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TOMBOLO:
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