TRANK is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TRANK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRANK?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRANK is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRANK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tranksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRANK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TRANK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does TRANK mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A shortened, informal word for tranquillizer, a drug taken to calm anxiety or reduce tension.
Trank shortens the longer clinical word tranquillizer into a quick, casual form used mostly in spoken slang rather than in medical writing. The plural tranks often names sedative pills collectively, as when someone mentions being put on tranks to manage stress or anxiety. Vets and animal handlers also use trank as a verb, meaning to sedate an animal with a tranquillizer dart before handling or transport. The clipped form keeps the same core sense of chemical calming as its longer parent word, just in a more informal register.
How TRANK is used
Trank is informal slang, heard mainly in casual speech about sedative drugs rather than in formal medical language.
- He said the doctor had put him on a mild trank for the anxiety.
- She joked that she needed a trank after the stressful meeting.
- The vet had to trank the wild animal before it could be moved.
- His tranks were sitting on the nightstand next to a glass of water.
- The rangers used a trank dart to sedate the injured bear.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRANK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRANK
5 longer words begin with TRANK.
Words ending in TRANK
1 words end in TRANK. Useful as a back hook: play TRANK onto a word already on the board.
Words with TRANK inside
3 words contain TRANK in the middle. Words that start with TRANK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRANK
Common questions about TRANK
- Is TRANK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRANK, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRANK worth?
- TRANK is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRANK mean?
- A shortened, informal word for tranquillizer, a drug taken to calm anxiety or reduce tension.
- What letters can be added to TRANK?
- TRANK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TRANK:
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