TOVARISH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TOVARISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOVARISH?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOVARISH is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOVARISH
No single letter turns TOVARISH into another word.
How TOVARISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TOVARISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TOVARISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TOVARISH
- All 8 letters of TOVARISH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TOVARISH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A Russian word for a friend or comrade, used as a form of address in the Soviet era.
Tovarish was the standard way for Soviet citizens to address one another in place of mister or sir. English writers mostly use it in stories, films and jokes that evoke the Cold War period.
How TOVARISH is used
Appears in historical, political and humorous writing, often in quotation or with a Russian accent implied.
- "Welcome, tovarish," said the officer with a smile.
- The film character greeted every guest as tovarish.
- In the old posters, each worker is a tovarish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOVARISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOVARISH
1 longer words begin with TOVARISH.
Shorter words from the letters in TOVARISH
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Common questions about TOVARISH
- Is TOVARISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOVARISH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOVARISH worth?
- TOVARISH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOVARISH mean?
- A Russian word for a friend or comrade, used as a form of address in the Soviet era.
- What letters can be added to TOVARISH?
- No single letter can be added to TOVARISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TOVARISH:
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