TUI is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. TUI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUI?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUI is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TUI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does TUI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A New Zealand songbird with a tuft of white feathers.
The tui has two voice boxes and produces sounds outside human hearing, so part of its song is simply inaudible to us. It mimics other birds and, in captivity, human speech, which is rare outside the parrot family.
How TUI is used
Countable: a tui, two tuis.
- A tui can imitate a bird it heard once.
- The word tui is Maori and was kept unchanged.
- Part of the song of a tui cannot be heard at all.
- Two tuis in one tree will fight over it.
- The white tuft under the throat is how a tui is known.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TUI
23 longer words begin with TUI.
Words ending in TUI
3 words end in TUI. Useful as a back hook: play TUI onto a word already on the board.
Words with TUI inside
Showing 24 of 79 words that contain TUI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TUI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TUI
Common questions about TUI
- Is TUI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUI, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUI worth?
- TUI is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUI mean?
- A New Zealand songbird with a tuft of white feathers.
- What letters can be added to TUI?
- TUI takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TUI:
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