TOURBILLON is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TOURBILLON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOURBILLON?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOURBILLON is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOURBILLON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tourbillonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOURBILLON scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TOURBILLON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TOURBILLON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TOURBILLON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A whirlwind, a vortex, or any rapidly whirling thing.
Borrowed from French, tourbillon suits a swirl of wind, water or crowd. In the watch trade it also names a rotating cage built into a mechanical movement, a use well known to collectors.
How TOURBILLON is used
Literary for a whirling motion, and a familiar term in fine watchmaking.
- A tourbillon of dust rose from the empty road.
- The dancers vanished into a tourbillon of silk and light.
- The watch displays its tourbillon through a small window in the dial.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOURBILLON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOURBILLON
1 longer words begin with TOURBILLON.
Shorter words from the letters in TOURBILLON
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Common questions about TOURBILLON
- Is TOURBILLON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOURBILLON, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOURBILLON worth?
- TOURBILLON is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOURBILLON mean?
- A whirlwind, a vortex, or any rapidly whirling thing.
- What letters can be added to TOURBILLON?
- TOURBILLON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TOURBILLON:
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