TRICTRAC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TRICTRAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRICTRAC?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRICTRAC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRICTRAC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trictracsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRICTRAC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRICTRAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRICTRAC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRICTRAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An old French board game similar to backgammon, played with dice and pegs as well as counters.
Trictrac was fashionable in French and English society in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Players scored points with pegs in holes along the board's edge, which set it apart from simple backgammon.
How TRICTRAC is used
Historical term for a table game, found in books on old pastimes.
- The courtiers played trictrac after dinner.
- An antique trictrac board hung on the wall.
- Trictrac required careful scoring with pegs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRICTRAC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRICTRAC
1 longer words begin with TRICTRAC.
Shorter words from the letters in TRICTRAC
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Common questions about TRICTRAC
- Is TRICTRAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRICTRAC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRICTRAC worth?
- TRICTRAC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRICTRAC mean?
- An old French board game similar to backgammon, played with dice and pegs as well as counters.
- What letters can be added to TRICTRAC?
- TRICTRAC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRICTRAC:
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