TWISTOR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TWISTOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TWISTOR?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TWISTOR is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TWISTOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
twistorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TWISTOR scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TWISTOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 308,788.
What does TWISTOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A complex variable used in some descriptions of space-time.
Twistors were introduced by the physicist Roger Penrose as an alternative way to describe points and light rays. They remain a specialist idea within mathematical physics and are rarely met outside it.
How TWISTOR is used
Twistor is used in theoretical physics and mathematics, mostly in the phrase twistor theory.
- The lecture introduced the twistor as a new kind of coordinate.
- Each twistor encodes both position and spin information.
- Penrose proposed the twistor in the 1960s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TWISTOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TWISTOR
1 longer words begin with TWISTOR.
Shorter words from the letters in TWISTOR
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Common questions about TWISTOR
- Is TWISTOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TWISTOR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TWISTOR worth?
- TWISTOR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TWISTOR mean?
- A complex variable used in some descriptions of space-time.
- What letters can be added to TWISTOR?
- TWISTOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TWISTOR:
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