TRESSY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TRESSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRESSY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRESSY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRESSY
Front hooks — 1
stressyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TRESSY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TRESSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about TRESSY
- TRESSY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 TRESSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Having a great many long locks or curls of hair.
Tressy is built from tress, an old poetic word for a lock of hair, and it paints a picture of abundant, flowing hair. It belongs to poetry and descriptive prose rather than to ordinary conversation. A tressy head might be thick with ringlets or fall in long waves over the shoulders.
How TRESSY is used
Rare and poetic; seldom used outside literary description.
- The painter showed a tressy girl leaning over a spring.
- Her tressy hair tumbled to her waist.
- The old poem praised a tressy maiden by the river.
- A tressy mane of gold framed his face.
- The statue was crowned with tressy curls carved in marble.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRESSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRESSY
The 6 tiles of TRESSY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TRESSY
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Common questions about TRESSY
- Is TRESSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRESSY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRESSY worth?
- TRESSY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRESSY mean?
- Having a great many long locks or curls of hair.
- What letters can be added to TRESSY?
- TRESSY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TRESSY:
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