TUSSAH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TUSSAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUSSAH?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUSSAH is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUSSAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tussahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUSSAH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TUSSAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does TUSSAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A coarse, tan-coloured silk produced by wild Asian silkworms, or the moth whose larvae spin it.
Unlike the pale silk of farmed silkworms, tussah comes from caterpillars that feed on oak and other wild leaves, which gives the thread its darker, slightly rough look. The word reached English from a Hindi term for a shuttle, and the cloth woven from the fibre is often sold under the same name or as wild silk. It is also spelled in several other ways, and tussah is the form most often found in dictionaries.
How TUSSAH is used
A textile and zoology term, met in descriptions of fabric, craft materials and silk production.
- The jacket was cut from natural tussah with a faint golden sheen.
- Tussah silk takes dye less evenly than the cultivated kind.
- She bought a metre of tussah to line the cushions.
- The moth that spins tussah lives wild in the forests of India and China.
- A weaver explained why tussah feels rougher than ordinary silk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUSSAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TUSSAH
1 longer words begin with TUSSAH.
Shorter words from the letters in TUSSAH
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Common questions about TUSSAH
- Is TUSSAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUSSAH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUSSAH worth?
- TUSSAH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUSSAH mean?
- A coarse, tan-coloured silk produced by wild Asian silkworms, or the moth whose larvae spin it.
- What letters can be added to TUSSAH?
- TUSSAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TUSSAH:
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