TRANSECT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TRANSECT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRANSECT?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRANSECT is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRANSECT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
transectsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRANSECT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRANSECT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRANSECT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TRANSECT
- TRANSECT begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TRANSECT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A line or narrow strip of land across which observations or measurements are made, as in surveying plants and animals.
Ecologists lay out a transect so that counts along it can be compared from year to year. As a verb the word means to cut across something, but in field science the noun is the usual form.
How TRANSECT is used
Typical of ecology and geography reports that describe a transect and its sample points.
- The students recorded every plant along a ten-metre transect.
- Birds were counted from a transect running through the marsh.
- The transect crossed the beach from the dunes to the waterline.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRANSECT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRANSECT
The 8 tiles of TRANSECT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TRANSECT
5 longer words begin with TRANSECT.
Shorter words from the letters in TRANSECT
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Common questions about TRANSECT
- Is TRANSECT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRANSECT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRANSECT worth?
- TRANSECT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRANSECT mean?
- A line or narrow strip of land across which observations or measurements are made, as in surveying plants and animals.
- What letters can be added to TRANSECT?
- TRANSECT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRANSECT:
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