TRANS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TRANS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRANS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRANS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRANS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
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How TRANS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TRANS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about TRANS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TRANS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Situated on, or relating to, the far or opposite side of something; in chemistry, describing a molecule in which two similar atoms or groups attached to a double bond or ring lie on opposite sides.
The Latin prefix trans, meaning across, beyond, or on the other side of, appears throughout English in words such as transport, transatlantic, and transplant, all of which describe carrying or reaching something from one side to another. As a standalone adjective, trans keeps that same core idea in chemistry, where it labels an isomer whose two matching groups sit on opposite sides of a bond, in contrast with the cis arrangement, where they sit on the same side. A trans fat, for example, has its hydrogen atoms arranged on opposite sides of the carbon chain rather than bunched together. This entry covers only that classical, geometric sense of trans, not any other use of the word.
How TRANS is used
Used mainly as a technical adjective in chemistry to describe the geometry of certain molecules, contrasted with cis.
- In the trans arrangement, the two chlorine atoms sit on opposite sides of the double bond.
- Chemists label an isomer trans when its matching groups point away from each other.
- The Latin prefix trans, meaning across or beyond, produced words like transport and transatlantic.
- A trans fat has its hydrogen atoms on opposite sides of the carbon chain.
- The diagram used a dashed line to mark the trans form of the compound.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRANS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRANS
The 5 tiles of TRANS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TRANS
Showing 24 of 603 words that begin with TRANS.
Words ending in TRANS
1 words end in TRANS. Useful as a back hook: play TRANS onto a word already on the board.
Words with TRANS inside
Showing 24 of 114 words that contain TRANS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TRANS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRANS
Common questions about TRANS
- Is TRANS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRANS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRANS worth?
- TRANS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRANS mean?
- Situated on, or relating to, the far or opposite side of something; in chemistry, describing a molecule in which two similar atoms or groups attached to a double bond or ring lie on opposite sides.
- What letters can be added to TRANS?
- TRANS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TRANS:
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