TRAMONTANE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TRAMONTANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRAMONTANE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRAMONTANE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRAMONTANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tramontanesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRAMONTANE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TRAMONTANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRAMONTANE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRAMONTANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A cold, dry north wind that blows down from the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean.
The word first meant a person living beyond the mountains, a foreigner from the Italian point of view. Today tramontane is better known as the name of the wind, and in older writing it can still mean an outsider.
How TRAMONTANE is used
Found in travel writing, weather lore and older literature.
- The tramontane blew all night and rattled the shutters.
- Sailors feared the tramontane in winter.
- To the Romans every tramontane was a stranger from over the Alps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRAMONTANE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRAMONTANE
1 longer words begin with TRAMONTANE.
Shorter words from the letters in TRAMONTANE
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Common questions about TRAMONTANE
- Is TRAMONTANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRAMONTANE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRAMONTANE worth?
- TRAMONTANE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRAMONTANE mean?
- A cold, dry north wind that blows down from the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean.
- What letters can be added to TRAMONTANE?
- TRAMONTANE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TRAMONTANE:
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