TORTUOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TORTUOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TORTUOUS?
| 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 TORTUOUS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TORTUOUS
No single letter turns TORTUOUS into another word.
How TORTUOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TORTUOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TORTUOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TORTUOUS
- TORTUOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TORTUOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Full of twists and turns, or needlessly long and complicated.
A tortuous road winds up a mountain, while a tortuous argument wanders through so many details that the point is lost. Do not confuse it with torturous, which means causing pain.
How TORTUOUS is used
Tortuous describes winding paths and also complicated processes or explanations.
- The tortuous mountain road made several passengers feel sick.
- After a tortuous negotiation, the two sides finally signed the deal.
- The detective followed the tortuous logic of the forged letters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TORTUOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TORTUOUS
3 longer words begin with TORTUOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in TORTUOUS
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Common questions about TORTUOUS
- Is TORTUOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TORTUOUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TORTUOUS worth?
- TORTUOUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TORTUOUS mean?
- Full of twists and turns, or needlessly long and complicated.
- What letters can be added to TORTUOUS?
- No single letter can be added to TORTUOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TORTUOUS:
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