What TABUS Means
TABUS is a form of TABU, which means:
- noun: a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
- noun: an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
- adjective: forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
- adjective: excluded from use or mention“forbidden fruit”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TABUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 A1 B3 U1 S1.
Anagrams of TABUS (4)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In TABUS
40 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (16)
3 letter words (16)
2 letter words (8)
Longer Words Containing TABUS
TABUS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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