Is TORTOISE a word?
TORTOISE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 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, TORTOISE is a valid word.
What does tortoise mean?
noun: usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
TORTOISE: word details
- Pronunciation: TAWR-tuhs (approx., 2 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 8 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.
Anagrams of tortoise
Shorter words inside tortoise
Words you can make from the letters of tortoise.
Solve a whole rack, not just TORTOISE
TORTOISE 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 TORTOISE mean?
TORTOISE is a noun. It means: usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica.
Is TORTOISE a valid word?
Yes, TORTOISE is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 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.