TUT is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. TUT 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 TUT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUT is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,695.
What stands out about TUT
- TUT is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TUT mean in Scrabble?
interjection
An exclamation of disapproval.
Tut is written far more often than it is said: the actual noise is a click that English has no letter for, and no word beginning with t is pronounced that way. It works as a verb as well, which very few exclamations manage.
How TUT is used
Stands alone, often doubled. Also a verb.
- Tut, said the woman behind, and said nothing else.
- The word tut spells a click that has no letter.
- She tutted twice and turned the page.
- A tut carries more disapproval than a sentence would.
- Tutting at somebody is a British national skill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TUT
Showing 24 of 75 words that begin with TUT.
Words ending in TUT
2 words end in TUT. Useful as a back hook: play TUT onto a word already on the board.
Words with TUT inside
Showing 24 of 146 words that contain TUT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TUT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TUT
Common questions about TUT
- Is TUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUT, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUT worth?
- TUT is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUT mean?
- An exclamation of disapproval.
- What letters can be added to TUT?
- TUT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TUT:
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