TORTILE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TORTILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TORTILE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TORTILE is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TORTILE
No single letter turns TORTILE into another word.
How TORTILE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TORTILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,465.
What does TORTILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Twisted, coiled or wound in a spiral.
Tortile is an uncommon word for shapes that have been turned or curled round themselves, such as a rope, a vine or a horn. Naturalists use it for the spiral growth of certain stems and shells.
How TORTILE is used
Tortile is a rare descriptive word, found in older prose and in botanical description.
- The tortile stem climbed round the post.
- He admired the tortile columns of the old chapel.
- A tortile shell lay on the beach.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TORTILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TORTILE
The 7 tiles of TORTILE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TORTILE
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Common questions about TORTILE
- Is TORTILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TORTILE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TORTILE worth?
- TORTILE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TORTILE mean?
- Twisted, coiled or wound in a spiral.
- What letters can be added to TORTILE?
- No single letter can be added to TORTILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TORTILE:
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