TSOTSI is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TSOTSI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TSOTSI?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TSOTSI is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TSOTSI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tsotsisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TSOTSI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TSOTSI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 183,959.
What does TSOTSI mean in Scrabble?
noun
South Africanslang
A young street criminal or gang member, especially one active in a poor urban neighbourhood.
A tsotsi is typically a young man involved in petty or violent crime as part of a loose street gang, and the word carries roughly the same weight as hoodlum or thug in other varieties of English. It comes from Afrikaans and became widely known through South African fiction, journalism, and the film Tsotsi. The image attached to the word is often as much about a distinctive swaggering style and flashy dress as about the crime itself.
How TSOTSI is used
Belongs to South African English and is mostly informal, used in news reports and fiction about township life rather than in formal writing.
- The shopkeeper complained that a tsotsi had grabbed goods from the counter and run.
- The film follows a young tsotsi who is forced to confront the results of his crimes.
- Police increased patrols after a gang of tsotsis targeted commuters near the station.
- Old residents remembered when a single tsotsi could terrify an entire street.
- The novel portrays the tsotsi not simply as a villain but as a product of poverty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TSOTSI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TSOTSI
The 6 tiles of TSOTSI in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TSOTSI
3 longer words begin with TSOTSI.
Shorter words from the letters in TSOTSI
Common questions about TSOTSI
- Is TSOTSI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TSOTSI, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TSOTSI worth?
- TSOTSI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TSOTSI mean?
- A young street criminal or gang member, especially one active in a poor urban neighbourhood.
- What letters can be added to TSOTSI?
- TSOTSI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TSOTSI:
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