TRUEBORN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TRUEBORN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRUEBORN?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRUEBORN is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRUEBORN
No single letter turns TRUEBORN into another word.
How TRUEBORN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRUEBORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRUEBORN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRUEBORN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Genuinely of a given nationality, rank or kind by birth.
Trueborn stresses that the status comes from birth and not from adoption or claim. Older English used it to separate a legitimate child from a pretender.
How TRUEBORN is used
An old-fashioned, literary word, as in a trueborn heir or a trueborn citizen.
- He was a trueborn Londoner and proud of it.
- The king named his trueborn son as successor.
- Only a trueborn citizen could hold the office.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRUEBORN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRUEBORN
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Common questions about TRUEBORN
- Is TRUEBORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRUEBORN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRUEBORN worth?
- TRUEBORN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRUEBORN mean?
- Genuinely of a given nationality, rank or kind by birth.
- What letters can be added to TRUEBORN?
- No single letter can be added to TRUEBORN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRUEBORN:
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