TONG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TONG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TONG?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TONG is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TONG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TONG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TONG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does TONG mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalNorth American
A Chinese association or secret society, especially one formed by Chinese immigrants in the United States.
A tong was originally a benevolent or trade association among Chinese communities in North America. The word later became linked in the public mind with organized crime, after some tongs turned to gambling and gang rivalry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
How TONG is used
The plural tongs is common in general vocabulary for the gripping tool, but tong itself names a single association and is a distinct word.
- The old tong had once run mutual aid societies for new immigrants.
- Local newspapers blamed the violence on a rival tong.
- Historians study how each tong protected its members abroad.
- The novel is set during a period of tong rivalry in the city.
- He researched the history of a particular tong founded in the 1880s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TONG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TONG
22 longer words begin with TONG.
Words ending in TONG
6 words end in TONG. Useful as a back hook: play TONG onto a word already on the board.
Words with TONG inside
19 words contain TONG in the middle. Words that start with TONG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TONG
Common questions about TONG
- Is TONG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TONG, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TONG worth?
- TONG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TONG mean?
- A Chinese association or secret society, especially one formed by Chinese immigrants in the United States.
- What letters can be added to TONG?
- TONG takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TONG:
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