TRIBADE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TRIBADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRIBADE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRIBADE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRIBADE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tribadesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRIBADE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TRIBADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,183.
What does TRIBADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
An old term for a woman who is attracted to other women.
Tribade is found in older medical and literary texts and is now regarded as a dated word. A modern writer would almost always choose a current term instead, so it is mostly of historical interest.
How TRIBADE is used
Tribade appears in historical scholarship and older literature, not in current usage.
- The historian noted that the word tribade appeared in a seventeenth-century poem.
- An old encyclopedia defines tribade in a few clipped lines.
- Scholars trace the term tribade back to Greek.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRIBADE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRIBADE
The 7 tiles of TRIBADE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TRIBADE
1 longer words begin with TRIBADE.
Shorter words from the letters in TRIBADE
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Common questions about TRIBADE
- Is TRIBADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRIBADE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRIBADE worth?
- TRIBADE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRIBADE mean?
- An old term for a woman who is attracted to other women.
- What letters can be added to TRIBADE?
- TRIBADE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TRIBADE:
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