TRACTILE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TRACTILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRACTILE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRACTILE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRACTILE
No single letter turns TRACTILE into another word.
How TRACTILE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRACTILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRACTILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRACTILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Able to be drawn out in length, as a metal that can be pulled into wire.
Tractile is a quality of materials rather than of people, and it sits close to the idea of ductility. A tractile substance stretches under a pull instead of snapping.
How TRACTILE is used
An uncommon technical term, mostly met in older writing on metals and other tractile materials.
- Gold is so tractile that a small lump can be drawn into a very long thread.
- The smith praised the tractile quality of the copper.
- A tractile alloy is easier to shape into fine wire.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRACTILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRACTILE
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Common questions about TRACTILE
- Is TRACTILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRACTILE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRACTILE worth?
- TRACTILE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRACTILE mean?
- Able to be drawn out in length, as a metal that can be pulled into wire.
- What letters can be added to TRACTILE?
- No single letter can be added to TRACTILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRACTILE:
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