TRIMETER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TRIMETER 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 TRIMETER?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRIMETER is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRIMETER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trimetersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRIMETER scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRIMETER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRIMETER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRIMETER mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A verse line of three measures, where in some metres each measure holds two feet.
Poets count feet to describe rhythm, and a trimeter is short and brisk compared with the longer pentameter. Classical writers often paired two feet into one unit, so their iambic trimeter can have six beats.
How TRIMETER is used
Found in discussions of poetry and prosody, where each line is labelled as trimeter, tetrameter and so on.
- The poem is written in iambic trimeter.
- Each trimeter in the stanza ends with a rhyme.
- He scanned the line and found it was a trimeter, not a tetrameter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRIMETER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRIMETER
The 8 tiles of TRIMETER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TRIMETER
1 longer words begin with TRIMETER.
Shorter words from the letters in TRIMETER
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Common questions about TRIMETER
- Is TRIMETER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRIMETER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRIMETER worth?
- TRIMETER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRIMETER mean?
- A verse line of three measures, where in some metres each measure holds two feet.
- What letters can be added to TRIMETER?
- TRIMETER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRIMETER:
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