Is TANTALUS a word?
TANTALUS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, TANTALUS is a valid word.
What does tantalus mean?
noun: (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
TANTALUS: word details
- Pronunciation: TAN-tuh-luhs (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
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Solve a whole rack, not just TANTALUS
TANTALUS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does TANTALUS mean?
TANTALUS is a noun. It means: (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it.
Is TANTALUS a valid word?
Yes, TANTALUS is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.