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Is tongs a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tongs is a Scrabble US word. The word tongs is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is tongs a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tongs is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Is tongs a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tongs is a Words With Friends word. The word tongs is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

STONG,TONGS,

4-letter words (9 found)

GONS,NOGS,ONST,SNOG,SNOT,SONG,TOGS,TONG,TONS,

3-letter words (12 found)

GON,GOS,GOT,NOG,NOS,NOT,ONS,SOG,SON,SOT,TOG,TON,

2-letter words (7 found)

GO,NO,ON,OS,SO,ST,TO,

You can make 30 words from tongs according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of tongs

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Definitions and meaning of tongs

tongs

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɒŋz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /tɔŋz/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /tɑŋz/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋz, -ɔːŋz

Etymology 1

tong ("tool for manipulating things in a fire") + -s

Noun

tongs pl (plural only)

  1. An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.
  2. (by extension) A large scissors-like two-piece center-hinged forged-iron implement with oval-loop handles and with pointed tips turned inward (in the same plane as and perpendicular to the handles) to facilitate lifting and carrying a block of ice. Often called ice tongs.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • forceps
  • pair of tongs
  • pincers
  • pliers
  • scissors
  • shears
  • tong
  • tweezers

Etymology 2

Noun

tongs

  1. plural of tong (“instrument”)

Etymology 3

Verb

tongs

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tong

Etymology 4

Noun

tongs

  1. plural of tong (“Chinese secret society”)

Anagrams

  • Stong, stong

Source: wiktionary.org