TRADITIONARY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. TRADITIONARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRADITIONARY?
| 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 TRADITIONARY is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRADITIONARY
No single letter turns TRADITIONARY into another word.
How TRADITIONARY scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in TRADITIONARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRADITIONARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRADITIONARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Handed down by tradition from one generation to the next.
Traditionary knowledge is what a community passes on by word of mouth rather than by written record. The word sounds dated and appears mostly in scholarly or religious writing.
How TRADITIONARY is used
Formal and dated; used for customs, beliefs and teachings passed down.
- The tale belongs to a traditionary body of village stories.
- Scholars distinguished traditionary beliefs from written law.
- A traditionary craft was taught from parent to child.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRADITIONARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRADITIONARY
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Common questions about TRADITIONARY
- Is TRADITIONARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRADITIONARY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRADITIONARY worth?
- TRADITIONARY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRADITIONARY mean?
- Handed down by tradition from one generation to the next.
- What letters can be added to TRADITIONARY?
- No single letter can be added to TRADITIONARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of TRADITIONARY:
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