TORTA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TORTA 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 TORTA?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TORTA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TORTA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tortasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TORTA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TORTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 11,618.
What stands out about TORTA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 TORTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A flat, round cake made in Italian or Spanish baking, and, in Mexican cooking, a sandwich served on a crusty bread roll.
The Spanish word torta originally meant a flat, rounded mass, which is why old mining manuals also used torta for a heap of crushed silver ore laid out for processing. In Mexican and Mexican-American kitchens the same word shifted toward a hot or cold sandwich piled with meat, cheese, and salsa on a crusty roll. Italian and Spanish bakers, by contrast, keep torta closer to its older sense and use it for a round cake or tart. Which meaning a reader hears usually depends on whether the context is a taco stand or a European bakery.
How TORTA is used
Common on Mexican restaurant menus for the sandwich, and in Italian or Spanish recipes for the cake; context usually makes the intended dish clear.
- The taco stand also sold a torta stuffed with pork and avocado.
- She ordered a torta instead of tacos for her lunch.
- In the Italian bakery, a torta dusted with powdered sugar sat in the window.
- Old mining reports described a torta of crushed silver ore drying in the sun.
- He split the torta in half to share it with a friend.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TORTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TORTA
The 5 tiles of TORTA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TORTA
1 longer words begin with TORTA.
Shorter words from the letters in TORTA
Common questions about TORTA
- Is TORTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TORTA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TORTA worth?
- TORTA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TORTA mean?
- A flat, round cake made in Italian or Spanish baking, and, in Mexican cooking, a sandwich served on a crusty bread roll.
- What letters can be added to TORTA?
- TORTA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TORTA:
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