TOURNEY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TOURNEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOURNEY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOURNEY is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOURNEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tourneysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOURNEY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TOURNEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 96,496.
What does TOURNEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tournament, especially a medieval contest between mounted knights.
In its older sense a tourney was a staged battle of knights, with jousts and mock combat as entertainment. Modern sports reporting uses the short form for any competition played in rounds, mainly because it fits a headline.
How TOURNEY is used
Tourney is common in sports headlines for a knockout or round-based event and in historical writing for knightly contests.
- The king held a grand tourney to celebrate the wedding.
- She won the chess tourney without losing a single game.
- Thirty teams entered the weekend tourney.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOURNEY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOURNEY
5 longer words begin with TOURNEY.
Shorter words from the letters in TOURNEY
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Common questions about TOURNEY
- Is TOURNEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOURNEY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOURNEY worth?
- TOURNEY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOURNEY mean?
- A tournament, especially a medieval contest between mounted knights.
- What letters can be added to TOURNEY?
- TOURNEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TOURNEY:
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