TOME is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOME?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOME is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tomesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOME scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does TOME mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A large, heavy book, especially one that is old or deals with a scholarly subject.
A student carrying a tome to the library is lugging a thick, weighty volume. It is often packed with dense academic material rather than light reading.
How TOME is used
Often used with a hint of humor or grandeur to describe an especially large or serious book.
- He pulled a dusty tome from the top shelf of the library.
- The lawyer consulted a huge tome of legal precedents.
- She struggled to carry the heavy tome up the stairs.
- The professor wrote a three-volume tome on ancient history.
- A single tome on the desk contained centuries of family records.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TOME
The 4 tiles of TOME in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TOME
5 longer words begin with TOME.
Words ending in TOME
Showing 24 of 27 words that end in TOME. Useful as a back hook: play TOME onto a word already on the board.
Words with TOME inside
Showing 24 of 208 words that contain TOME somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TOME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TOME
Common questions about TOME
- Is TOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOME, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOME worth?
- TOME is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOME mean?
- A large, heavy book, especially one that is old or deals with a scholarly subject.
- What letters can be added to TOME?
- TOME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TOME:
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