TRISYLLABIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. TRISYLLABIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRISYLLABIC?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRISYLLABIC is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRISYLLABIC
No single letter turns TRISYLLABIC into another word.
How TRISYLLABIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in TRISYLLABIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRISYLLABIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRISYLLABIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Made up of exactly three syllables, as a word or a line of verse.
Teachers of poetry and phonics use trisyllabic to sort words by their rhythm, since a trisyllabic word has one stressed beat among three. The term also names a metrical foot of three syllables.
How TRISYLLABIC is used
Used in linguistics and prosody when counting the syllables of a word or foot.
- "Banana" is a trisyllabic word with the stress on the middle syllable.
- The poet favoured trisyllabic feet to give the lines a galloping pace.
- Children clap out each trisyllabic name to learn how syllables work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRISYLLABIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRISYLLABIC
2 longer words begin with TRISYLLABIC.
Shorter words from the letters in TRISYLLABIC
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Common questions about TRISYLLABIC
- Is TRISYLLABIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRISYLLABIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRISYLLABIC worth?
- TRISYLLABIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRISYLLABIC mean?
- Made up of exactly three syllables, as a word or a line of verse.
- What letters can be added to TRISYLLABIC?
- No single letter can be added to TRISYLLABIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of TRISYLLABIC:
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