TORSE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TORSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TORSE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TORSE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TORSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TORSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TORSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,446.
What stands out about TORSE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 TORSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
heraldry
A twisted band of cloth, usually in two colours, placed above the helmet in a coat of arms to hold the crest in place.
A torse is drawn as a tightly wound roll of fabric sitting between the helmet and the crest on a coat of arms, and its colours normally repeat the main colour and metal of the shield below it. Heralds also call the same feature a wreath, and the two words are used interchangeably in descriptions of arms. A completely different, mathematical sense of torse names a particular kind of curved surface that can be unrolled flat without stretching, a meaning confined almost entirely to geometry texts. In ordinary illustrated coats of arms, the torse is one of the smaller details but is still checked carefully by heraldic authorities for correct colouring.
How TORSE is used
A specialised heraldic term for the twisted wreath above a helmet on a coat of arms; unrelated to a separate technical sense in geometry.
- The crest sat above a torse coloured to match the shield.
- A herald explained why the torse always uses exactly two colours.
- The illustration showed the torse slightly askew above the helm.
- Geometry students meet a very different meaning of torse in surface theory.
- Every element of the arms, down to the torse, follows strict rules.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TORSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TORSE
The 5 tiles of TORSE in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with TORSE
3 longer words begin with TORSE.
Shorter words from the letters in TORSE
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Common questions about TORSE
- Is TORSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TORSE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TORSE worth?
- TORSE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TORSE mean?
- A twisted band of cloth, usually in two colours, placed above the helmet in a coat of arms to hold the crest in place.
- What letters can be added to TORSE?
- TORSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TORSE:
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