TONGA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TONGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TONGA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TONGA is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TONGA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tongasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TONGA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TONGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about TONGA
- The letters of TONGA run in reverse alphabetical order.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TONGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A light, two-wheeled carriage pulled by a single horse, once a common form of passenger transport in South Asia.
A tonga carried a driver and a small number of passengers seated facing each other over the two wheels, making it well suited to narrow streets where a larger carriage could not easily turn. It served as everyday transport in Indian and Pakistani towns before motor rickshaws and taxis largely replaced it, though a tonga still appears in some cities as a novelty ride for tourists. The word for this carriage is unrelated to the Pacific island nation of the same name and comes instead from Hindi.
How TONGA is used
Used in South Asian English for the horse-drawn carriage, and now mainly in historical or tourist contexts.
- They hired a tonga to take them from the station to the old city.
- The driver flicked the reins and the tonga rattled off down the lane.
- Tourists can still take a tonga ride around the historic quarter.
- Before cars became common, a tonga was the usual way to cross town.
- The narrow street was too tight for anything wider than a tonga.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TONGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TONGA
The 5 tiles of TONGA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TONGA
1 longer words begin with TONGA.
Shorter words from the letters in TONGA
Common questions about TONGA
- Is TONGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TONGA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TONGA worth?
- TONGA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TONGA mean?
- A light, two-wheeled carriage pulled by a single horse, once a common form of passenger transport in South Asia.
- What letters can be added to TONGA?
- TONGA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TONGA:
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