TRYST is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TRYST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRYST?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRYST is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRYST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRYST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TRYST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 104,566.
What stands out about TRYST
- TRYST begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TRYST mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A private, often secret meeting arranged between lovers, or, more generally, any prearranged meeting at a set time and place.
A tryst usually implies secrecy or romance, describing two people meeting away from the notice of others, whether out of discretion, forbidden love or simple privacy. Medieval English originally used tryst more broadly for any appointed meeting, including hunting arrangements between companions, before the word gradually narrowed toward its modern romantic sense. Writers of fiction and poetry favor tryst over the plainer word meeting or date precisely because it carries a hint of drama, secrecy or old-fashioned courtship. As a verb, to tryst with someone means to arrange or keep such a meeting, though the noun form appears far more often than the verb in contemporary writing.
How TRYST is used
Literary, used mainly in fiction, poetry and journalism to describe a secret or romantic meeting between two people.
- The couple arranged a secret tryst at the old lighthouse.
- Rumors spread quickly after their tryst was discovered.
- The novel opens with a tryst between the two rivals.
- They kept their tryst hidden from both families for months.
- Newspapers speculated wildly about the senator's late-night tryst.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRYST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRYST
7 longer words begin with TRYST.
Words ending in TRYST
1 words end in TRYST. Useful as a back hook: play TRYST onto a word already on the board.
Words with TRYST inside
3 words contain TRYST in the middle. Words that start with TRYST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRYST
Common questions about TRYST
- Is TRYST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRYST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRYST worth?
- TRYST is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRYST mean?
- A private, often secret meeting arranged between lovers, or, more generally, any prearranged meeting at a set time and place.
- What letters can be added to TRYST?
- TRYST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TRYST:
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