TROMPE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TROMPE 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 TROMPE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TROMPE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROMPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TROMPE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TROMPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does TROMPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A device that uses falling water to draw in air and send a steady blast of it to a furnace or forge.
A trompe works without any bellows: water drops down a tall pipe, carries air with it, and the compressed air is led away to feed a fire. It was used in old ironworks, especially in mountain regions where fast streams were close at hand. The word is French, and it is the same one found in the art term trompe l'oeil, where it refers to trickery of the eye.
How TROMPE is used
Technical and historical; not used in everyday speech.
- The forge was driven by a trompe built beside the stream.
- A trompe needs no moving parts apart from the falling water.
- The museum has a model of a trompe from an old ironworks.
- He explained how a trompe could replace a pair of bellows.
- Engineers of the period admired the trompe for its simplicity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROMPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TROMPE
2 longer words begin with TROMPE.
Shorter words from the letters in TROMPE
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Common questions about TROMPE
- Is TROMPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROMPE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROMPE worth?
- TROMPE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROMPE mean?
- A device that uses falling water to draw in air and send a steady blast of it to a furnace or forge.
- What letters can be added to TROMPE?
- TROMPE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TROMPE:
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