TUTORESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TUTORESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUTORESS?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUTORESS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUTORESS
No single letter turns TUTORESS into another word.
How TUTORESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TUTORESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TUTORESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TUTORESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A woman who teaches or instructs, especially a private teacher.
Tutoress is the feminine form of tutor, from a time when such words marked the sex of the teacher. Today the plain word tutor is used for both men and women, so tutoress sounds old-fashioned.
How TUTORESS is used
Tutoress appears in older novels and historical writing.
- The family hired a tutoress to teach the daughters French.
- Her tutoress was strict about handwriting.
- In the novel, the young tutoress lives in the great house.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUTORESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TUTORESS
The 8 tiles of TUTORESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TUTORESS
1 longer words begin with TUTORESS.
Shorter words from the letters in TUTORESS
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Common questions about TUTORESS
- Is TUTORESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUTORESS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUTORESS worth?
- TUTORESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUTORESS mean?
- A woman who teaches or instructs, especially a private teacher.
- What letters can be added to TUTORESS?
- No single letter can be added to TUTORESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TUTORESS:
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