TURQUOISE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. TURQUOISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TURQUOISE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TURQUOISE is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TURQUOISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
turquoisesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TURQUOISE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TURQUOISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TURQUOISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TURQUOISE
- TURQUOISE runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TURQUOISE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A greenish-blue colour, or an opaque blue-green gemstone made of hydrated copper and aluminium phosphate.
Turquoise names the stone first and the colour second, the colour being borrowed from the mineral. The stone has been set in jewellery and decoration for thousands of years, especially in Persia and the American Southwest.
How TURQUOISE is used
Used for gems, jewellery and as a colour term in design.
- The sea was a bright turquoise.
- She wore a turquoise necklace from New Mexico.
- Painters mixed blue and green to get turquoise.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TURQUOISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TURQUOISE
1 longer words begin with TURQUOISE.
Shorter words from the letters in TURQUOISE
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Common questions about TURQUOISE
- Is TURQUOISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TURQUOISE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TURQUOISE worth?
- TURQUOISE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TURQUOISE mean?
- A greenish-blue colour, or an opaque blue-green gemstone made of hydrated copper and aluminium phosphate.
- What letters can be added to TURQUOISE?
- TURQUOISE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TURQUOISE:
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