TRAGACANTH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. TRAGACANTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRAGACANTH?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRAGACANTH is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRAGACANTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tragacanthsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRAGACANTH scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TRAGACANTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRAGACANTH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRAGACANTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
A gum obtained from certain spiny shrubs of the genus Astragalus, used in food, medicine and textile printing.
Tragacanth comes as pale flakes that swell into a thick paste in water. Because it thickens and binds, it has been used for sauces, pills and the preparation of dyes.
How TRAGACANTH is used
Specialist term in pharmacy, food science and craft materials.
- The pharmacist mixed tragacanth into the paste to hold the pills together.
- Sugar artists use tragacanth to make flowers firm.
- Dried tragacanth swells when it meets water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRAGACANTH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRAGACANTH
1 longer words begin with TRAGACANTH.
Shorter words from the letters in TRAGACANTH
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Common questions about TRAGACANTH
- Is TRAGACANTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRAGACANTH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRAGACANTH worth?
- TRAGACANTH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRAGACANTH mean?
- A gum obtained from certain spiny shrubs of the genus Astragalus, used in food, medicine and textile printing.
- What letters can be added to TRAGACANTH?
- TRAGACANTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TRAGACANTH:
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