TURBOCAR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TURBOCAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TURBOCAR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TURBOCAR is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TURBOCAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
turbocarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TURBOCAR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TURBOCAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TURBOCAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TURBOCAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A motor vehicle driven by a gas turbine instead of a piston engine.
The turbocar was an experimental idea from the mid twentieth century, praised for smooth power and criticised for fuel use. Do not confuse it with an ordinary car fitted with a turbocharger.
How TURBOCAR is used
Appears in motoring history and engineering articles about experimental gas-turbine road vehicles; a turbocar is rarely seen today.
- The engineers unveiled a turbocar that hummed rather than roared.
- Collectors still talk about the one surviving turbocar in the museum.
- A turbocar needs a very different fuel system from a petrol saloon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TURBOCAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TURBOCAR
1 longer words begin with TURBOCAR.
Shorter words from the letters in TURBOCAR
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Common questions about TURBOCAR
- Is TURBOCAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TURBOCAR, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TURBOCAR worth?
- TURBOCAR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TURBOCAR mean?
- A motor vehicle driven by a gas turbine instead of a piston engine.
- What letters can be added to TURBOCAR?
- TURBOCAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TURBOCAR:
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