TRANSPONTINE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TRANSPONTINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRANSPONTINE?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRANSPONTINE is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRANSPONTINE
No single letter turns TRANSPONTINE into another word.
How TRANSPONTINE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in TRANSPONTINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRANSPONTINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRANSPONTINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareBritish
Situated on the far side of a bridge, or across an ocean from the speaker.
Transpontine once meant south of the Thames in London, across the bridges from the city. It also served as a humorous way for Britons to say American, across the Atlantic. Transpontine melodrama was a staple of south London theatres.
How TRANSPONTINE is used
Transpontine is a rare, somewhat jocular word, mostly British.
- The transpontine theatres drew crowds from across the river.
- A transpontine visitor admired the old bridge.
- His transpontine accent gave him away as an American.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRANSPONTINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRANSPONTINE
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Common questions about TRANSPONTINE
- Is TRANSPONTINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRANSPONTINE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRANSPONTINE worth?
- TRANSPONTINE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRANSPONTINE mean?
- Situated on the far side of a bridge, or across an ocean from the speaker.
- What letters can be added to TRANSPONTINE?
- No single letter can be added to TRANSPONTINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of TRANSPONTINE:
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