TOUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TOUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOUSE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOUSE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOUSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOUSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TOUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,169.
What does TOUSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicdialect
To handle or pull about roughly; to dishevel or ruffle, as hair or clothing.
To touse something is to tug and rumple it without much care, the way wind might touse loose hair or a rough game might touse someone's coat. The word is related to tousle, which survives in everyday English long after touse itself faded from common use. Older dictionaries also record a related noun sense, a touse, meaning a scuffle or commotion. Today the verb turns up mainly in dialect speech and in older texts rather than in ordinary conversation.
How TOUSE is used
Chiefly dialectal and archaic; encountered in older regional English and older dictionaries rather than in current standard speech.
- The wind would touse her hair the moment she stepped outside.
- He tried to touse the puppy's ears without upsetting it.
- Old sailors used touse to describe rough handling of ropes and sails.
- The children began to touse each other's coats in play.
- A gust of wind can touse even the tidiest hairstyle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOUSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOUSE
4 longer words begin with TOUSE.
Words ending in TOUSE
1 words end in TOUSE. Useful as a back hook: play TOUSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with TOUSE inside
2 words contain TOUSE in the middle. Words that start with TOUSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TOUSE
Common questions about TOUSE
- Is TOUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOUSE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOUSE worth?
- TOUSE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOUSE mean?
- To handle or pull about roughly; to dishevel or ruffle, as hair or clothing.
- What letters can be added to TOUSE?
- TOUSE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TOUSE:
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