TREACHEROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. TREACHEROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TREACHEROUS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TREACHEROUS is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TREACHEROUS
No single letter turns TREACHEROUS into another word.
How TREACHEROUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in TREACHEROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TREACHEROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TREACHEROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Betraying trust, or hiding a danger beneath a safe appearance.
A treacherous friend turns on you in secret. A treacherous road or sea looks calm but is full of hidden risks. Both uses involve a harmless surface covering something harmful.
How TREACHEROUS is used
Treacherous describes disloyal people and also unsafe terrain, weather or water.
- The treacherous ice cracked under his weight.
- He was exposed as a treacherous adviser.
- Fog made the mountain road treacherous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TREACHEROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TREACHEROUS
2 longer words begin with TREACHEROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in TREACHEROUS
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Common questions about TREACHEROUS
- Is TREACHEROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TREACHEROUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TREACHEROUS worth?
- TREACHEROUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TREACHEROUS mean?
- Betraying trust, or hiding a danger beneath a safe appearance.
- What letters can be added to TREACHEROUS?
- No single letter can be added to TREACHEROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of TREACHEROUS:
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