TRICOLOR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TRICOLOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRICOLOR?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRICOLOR is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRICOLOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tricolorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRICOLOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRICOLOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRICOLOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRICOLOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A flag with three bands or blocks of different colours, especially the blue, white and red flag of France.
The French tricolor was adopted at the Revolution and has inspired many later flags built from three stripes. This spelling is the American one; the same word is written with -our elsewhere.
How TRICOLOR is used
Often capitalised or preceded by the when it means the French flag, otherwise a tricolor can be any three-coloured design.
- A huge tricolor hung from the town hall balcony.
- The crowd waved the tricolor as the parade passed.
- The tricolor of green, white and orange flies over many buildings in Dublin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRICOLOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRICOLOR
2 longer words begin with TRICOLOR.
Shorter words from the letters in TRICOLOR
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Common questions about TRICOLOR
- Is TRICOLOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRICOLOR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRICOLOR worth?
- TRICOLOR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRICOLOR mean?
- A flag with three bands or blocks of different colours, especially the blue, white and red flag of France.
- What letters can be added to TRICOLOR?
- TRICOLOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRICOLOR:
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