TROUBLOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TROUBLOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TROUBLOUS?
| 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: 23 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TROUBLOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROUBLOUS
No single letter turns TROUBLOUS into another word.
How TROUBLOUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TROUBLOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TROUBLOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TROUBLOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Full of trouble, disorder or agitation.
Troublous belongs to old and poetic English and is used of unsettled times. Historians sometimes borrow it to give a period a stormy air. Everyday speech uses troubled or troublesome instead.
How TROUBLOUS is used
Found in archaic or literary writing, often about times or seas.
- They lived through troublous years of war and famine.
- The troublous seas tossed the little ship.
- It was a troublous age for the kingdom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROUBLOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TROUBLOUS
3 longer words begin with TROUBLOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in TROUBLOUS
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Common questions about TROUBLOUS
- Is TROUBLOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROUBLOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROUBLOUS worth?
- TROUBLOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROUBLOUS mean?
- Full of trouble, disorder or agitation.
- What letters can be added to TROUBLOUS?
- No single letter can be added to TROUBLOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TROUBLOUS:
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