TRUSS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TRUSS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRUSS?
| 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: 21 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRUSS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRUSS
No single letter turns TRUSS into another word.
How TRUSS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TRUSS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does TRUSS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A rigid framework of beams or bars that supports a roof, bridge, or other large structure.
Builders assemble a truss from triangular sections of wood or metal, because triangles hold their shape under load better than squares or rectangles, letting the frame span a wide roof or bridge without a supporting wall underneath. The same word also names a padded belt worn to support a hernia, a very different object that keeps something in place. Both senses share the general idea of a firm support, which is what truss has always meant since it entered English from Old French. In current use, most people meet the structural sense of truss when discussing house-building or bridge engineering rather than the medical device.
How TRUSS is used
Used mainly in construction and engineering for the structural sense, and occasionally in medicine for the supportive belt.
- Carpenters lifted the roof truss into place with a crane.
- The bridge design relies on a steel truss to carry the load across the river.
- An old truss lay forgotten in the attic, part of a hernia treatment kit.
- Each truss in the barn roof was cut to the same triangular pattern.
- Engineers tested the wooden truss until it finally buckled under weight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRUSS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRUSS
The 5 tiles of TRUSS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TRUSS
6 longer words begin with TRUSS.
Words ending in TRUSS
1 words end in TRUSS. Useful as a back hook: play TRUSS onto a word already on the board.
Words with TRUSS inside
9 words contain TRUSS in the middle. Words that start with TRUSS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRUSS
Common questions about TRUSS
- Is TRUSS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRUSS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRUSS worth?
- TRUSS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRUSS mean?
- A rigid framework of beams or bars that supports a roof, bridge, or other large structure.
- What letters can be added to TRUSS?
- No single letter can be added to TRUSS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TRUSS:
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