TRISTATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TRISTATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRISTATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRISTATE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRISTATE
No single letter turns TRISTATE into another word.
How TRISTATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRISTATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 3 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRISTATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TRISTATE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 4 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 TRISTATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
North American
Relating to an area where three adjoining states meet, or to the region covering parts of all three.
A tristate area is named after the three states that touch around a city or river, such as the one around New York. In electronics the same word describes a chip output that can be high, low or disconnected.
How TRISTATE is used
Tristate usually appears before a noun, as in tristate area, and is mostly American.
- The tristate area around the city has millions of commuters.
- A tristate storm warning covered all three states.
- The league was a tristate competition for small-town teams.
- A tristate buffer lets several devices share one data line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRISTATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRISTATE
The 8 tiles of TRISTATE in a different order — 4 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TRISTATE
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Common questions about TRISTATE
- Is TRISTATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRISTATE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRISTATE worth?
- TRISTATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRISTATE mean?
- Relating to an area where three adjoining states meet, or to the region covering parts of all three.
- What letters can be added to TRISTATE?
- No single letter can be added to TRISTATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRISTATE:
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