TRON is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. TRON is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TRON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRON is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRON scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about TRON
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 TRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotshistorical
(Scots, historical) A public weighing machine set up in a marketplace to weigh goods sold in a town or burgh.
A tron stood at the centre of Scottish market towns, giving buyers and sellers an official scale they could both trust. Streets and landmarks in several Scottish cities still carry the name Tron because a public weighing machine once stood on the spot.
How TRON is used
Used in historical writing about Scottish towns rather than modern speech.
- Merchants weighed their sacks of grain on the town tron before the sale.
- The old tron stood at the crossing where four streets met.
- A dispute over short weight sent both traders back to the tron.
- The guide explained that the tron once checked every cart of produce.
- Historians mapped the burgh's markets around the position of its tron.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRON
The 4 tiles of TRON in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TRON
9 longer words begin with TRON.
Words ending in TRON
Showing 24 of 65 words that end in TRON. Useful as a back hook: play TRON onto a word already on the board.
Words with TRON inside
Showing 24 of 284 words that contain TRON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TRON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRON
Common questions about TRON
- Is TRON valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TRON is not in it.
- How many points is TRON worth?
- TRON is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRON mean?
- (Scots, historical) A public weighing machine set up in a marketplace to weigh goods sold in a town or burgh.
- What letters can be added to TRON?
- TRON takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TRON:
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