What TAMBACS Means
TAMBACS is a form of TAMBAC, which means:
- noun: an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TAMBACS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 A1 M3 B3 A1 C3 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In TAMBACS
74 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.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (6)
4 letter words (30)
ABACABASACTAACTSAMASATMABAASBACSBAMSBASTBATSCAASCABACABSCAMACAMSCASACASTCATSMAASMACSMASAMASTMATSSAMASCABSCAMSTABTABSTAMS
3 letter words (27)
2 letter words (9)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.