TREPANG is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TREPANG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TREPANG?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TREPANG is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TREPANG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trepangsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TREPANG scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TREPANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,366.
What does TREPANG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large sea cucumber that is dried and eaten, especially in China.
Trepang was the basis of a long trade between Indonesian fishermen and Chinese buyers, with the animals gathered on reefs and dried in the sun. Its slippery texture is prized in soups.
How TREPANG is used
Trepang is used in cookery, trade history and marine biology for the edible sea cucumber.
- Fishermen dried the trepang on the beach before shipping it north.
- A bowl of trepang soup was served at the banquet.
- The merchant made his fortune trading trepang.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TREPANG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TREPANG
1 longer words begin with TREPANG.
Shorter words from the letters in TREPANG
Showing 40 of 182. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about TREPANG
- Is TREPANG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TREPANG, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TREPANG worth?
- TREPANG is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TREPANG mean?
- A large sea cucumber that is dried and eaten, especially in China.
- What letters can be added to TREPANG?
- TREPANG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TREPANG:
Open TREPANG in the Word Finder