TOR is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. TOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOR?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOR is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What stands out about TOR
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 TOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A rocky peak or hill.
Tor is one of very few English words taken from Celtic, and it survives mainly in Devon and Cornwall, where the granite outcrops are called nothing else. The same root turns up in Welsh place names in a different form.
How TOR is used
Countable: a tor, two tors. Chiefly south-western.
- The tor is visible from three counties on a clear day.
- The word tor came into English from Celtic.
- Two tors on the same ridge and a mile between them.
- A tor is granite left standing when the softer rock went.
- Dartmoor has more tors than the rest of England together.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TOR
The 3 tiles of TOR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TOR
Showing 24 of 260 words that begin with TOR.
Words ending in TOR
Showing 24 of 976 words that end in TOR. Useful as a back hook: play TOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with TOR inside
Showing 24 of 2938 words that contain TOR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TOR
Common questions about TOR
- Is TOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOR, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOR worth?
- TOR is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOR mean?
- A rocky peak or hill.
- What letters can be added to TOR?
- TOR takes 10 hooks: 0 in front and 10 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TOR:
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