What TUATARA Means
- noun: only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TUATARA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 U1 A1 T1 A1 R1 A1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 57 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In TUATARA
29 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.
5 letter words (4)
4 letter words (9)
3 letter words (10)
2 letter words (6)
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