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Is tableau a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tableau is a Scrabble US word. The word tableau is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is tableau a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tableau is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

T1A1B3L1E1A1U1

Is tableau a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tableau is a Words With Friends word. The word tableau is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

TABLEAU,TABULAE,

6-letter words (4 found)

ABLATE,ABLAUT,BATEAU,TABULA,

5-letter words (15 found)

ABATE,ABLET,ALATE,BEAUT,BLATE,BLEAT,BLUET,BUTLE,LUTEA,TABLA,TABLE,TALEA,TAUBE,TUBAE,TUBAL,

4-letter words (39 found)

ABET,ABLE,ABUT,ALAE,ALBA,ALBE,ATUA,AULA,BAAL,BAEL,BALE,BALU,BATE,BEAL,BEAT,BEAU,BELT,BETA,BLAE,BLAT,BLET,BLUE,BUAT,BUTE,LATE,LATU,LEAT,LUBE,LUTE,TAAL,TABU,TAEL,TALA,TALE,TEAL,TELA,TUBA,TUBE,TULE,

3-letter words (35 found)

AAL,ABA,ALA,ALB,ALE,ALT,ALU,ATE,AUA,AUE,BAA,BAE,BAL,BAT,BEL,BET,BUT,EAT,EAU,ELT,ETA,LAB,LAT,LEA,LET,LEU,TAB,TAE,TAU,TEA,TEL,TUB,ULE,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AA,AB,AE,AL,AT,BA,BE,EA,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 110 words from tableau according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tableau

tableau

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French tableau, from Old French tablel (“a surface which is used primarily for painting”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: tă-blō', IPA(key): /ˈtæ.bləʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tæˈbloʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

tableau (plural tableaux or tableaus)

  1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
  2. A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture.
    Synonym: tableau vivant
  3. (UK, dated) Hence, an arrangement of actors in static positions on stage, having the effect of pointing up a particular moment in the drama, conventionally revealed by opening tableau curtains (known as "tabs").
  4. (mathematics) A two-dimensional array or table of data, usually numbers, of various specific kinds.
  5. (linguistics, optimality theory) A table that shows constraint violations of a list of candidates given an input and a constraint ranking.
  6. (card games) Mostly in solitaire card games, but also in other card and board games, the main area, where random cards can be arranged.
  7. (logic) A semantic tableau.
  8. (theater) unit of a play, an opera or a ballet with change of stage setting.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • tabulae, tabulæ

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.blo/
  • Rhymes: -o

Noun

tableau m (plural tableaux)

  1. painting
  2. picture (a captured image)
  3. writing board
  4. table (arrangement of rows and columns)
  5. chart
  6. (theater) tableau

Derived terms

  • noircir le tableau
  • tableau blanc
  • tableau de bord
  • tableau de chasse
  • tableau périodique
  • tableau noir
  • tableau vivant

Descendants

  • → Greek: ταμπλό (tampló), ταμπλώ n (tampló)
  • → Romanian: tablou
  • → Russian: табло́ (tabló)
  • → Turkish: tablo

Further reading

  • “tableau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org