TUTTY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TUTTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUTTY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUTTY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUTTY
No single letter turns TUTTY into another word.
How TUTTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TUTTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 3 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 470,547.
What does TUTTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalhistorical
An impure form of zinc oxide, collected as a crust in the flues of smelting furnaces or found naturally as a mineral, traditionally used as a polishing powder.
Metalworkers historically scraped tutty from the flues and chimneys of furnaces used to smelt zinc-bearing ores, collecting the fine, powdery residue left behind as the metal vapor cooled and oxidized. Craftsmen prized tutty for polishing glass, metal and gemstones, valuing its mild abrasive quality and fine, even texture compared with coarser polishing materials. Older pharmacy and chemistry texts also mention tutty as an ingredient in certain traditional eye preparations, a use long since abandoned in modern medicine. Today tutty survives mainly as a historical and technical term found in older manuals on metallurgy, glassmaking and polishing rather than in current industrial practice.
How TUTTY is used
A historical and technical term, met mainly in older writing on metallurgy, glassmaking and traditional polishing methods.
- Glassmakers once used tutty to give a fine polish to their work.
- Workers collected tutty from the flues of the old smelting furnace.
- The recipe called for tutty mixed with a small amount of oil.
- Antique manuals describe tutty as a mild abrasive powder.
- The museum display explained how tutty was gathered and used.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUTTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TUTTY
Common questions about TUTTY
- Is TUTTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUTTY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUTTY worth?
- TUTTY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUTTY mean?
- An impure form of zinc oxide, collected as a crust in the flues of smelting furnaces or found naturally as a mineral, traditionally used as a polishing powder.
- What letters can be added to TUTTY?
- No single letter can be added to TUTTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TUTTY:
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