TRANQ is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TRANQ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRANQ?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRANQ is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRANQ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tranqsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRANQ scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TRANQ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What stands out about TRANQ
- TRANQ takes a Q without a U — one of only 93 words in our lists that do. That is the cheapest way to get rid of the ten-point tile.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TRANQ mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal shortening of tranquilizer, a drug used to calm or sedate a person or animal.
Tranq is the clipped, everyday form of tranquilizer, used casually in speech and in contexts such as veterinary work, wildlife capture and recreational drug slang. It can refer to the drug itself, as in a tranq dart used to sedate an animal, or more loosely to any calming medication. The shortened form keeps the same meaning as the full word but belongs to informal rather than clinical language.
How TRANQ is used
Informal shortening, common in casual speech and wildlife handling, rather than in medical documents.
- The vet loaded a tranq dart to sedate the escaped tiger.
- He joked that he needed a tranq after the stressful meeting.
- Rangers used a tranq gun to move the bear safely.
- She keeps a mild tranq on hand for long flights.
- The zoo team prepared the tranq before approaching the animal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRANQ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRANQ
Showing 24 of 41 words that begin with TRANQ.
Words with TRANQ inside
1 words contain TRANQ in the middle. Words that start with TRANQ are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRANQ
Common questions about TRANQ
- Is TRANQ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRANQ, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRANQ worth?
- TRANQ is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRANQ mean?
- An informal shortening of tranquilizer, a drug used to calm or sedate a person or animal.
- What letters can be added to TRANQ?
- TRANQ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TRANQ:
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