TROPOPAUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TROPOPAUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TROPOPAUSE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TROPOPAUSE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROPOPAUSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tropopausesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TROPOPAUSE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TROPOPAUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TROPOPAUSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TROPOPAUSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The boundary in the atmosphere where the troposphere ends and the stratosphere begins.
At the tropopause the air stops cooling with height, which caps most weather. Airliners often cruise close to it, and its height varies with latitude and season.
How TROPOPAUSE is used
Tropopause is used in meteorology and atmospheric science.
- Thunderstorm clouds flatten out at the tropopause.
- The tropopause lies higher over the equator than the poles.
- Temperatures stop falling at the tropopause.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROPOPAUSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TROPOPAUSE
1 longer words begin with TROPOPAUSE.
Shorter words from the letters in TROPOPAUSE
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Common questions about TROPOPAUSE
- Is TROPOPAUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROPOPAUSE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROPOPAUSE worth?
- TROPOPAUSE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROPOPAUSE mean?
- The boundary in the atmosphere where the troposphere ends and the stratosphere begins.
- What letters can be added to TROPOPAUSE?
- TROPOPAUSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TROPOPAUSE:
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