Yes. TI is a valid word.
TI is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
TI is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About TI
The note TI leads back up to DO at the top of the scale. TI hooks into TIC, TIE, TIL, TIN, TIP and TIS.
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TI scores 2 points
Before any bonus squares: T 1 + I 1 = 2. On a double-word square that's 4, on a triple-word 6, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: TI as the first play
Later in the game, put the T on a 3L square and TI is worth 4 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After TI (9):
- TICa local and habitual twitching especially in the face
- TIEfasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- TIL
- TINa silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion
- TIPthe extreme end of something
- TISform of TI: shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing
- TITeither of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- TIXsame as TICKETS: form of TICKET
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- TIZsame as TIZZY: a state of nervous confusion
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from TI
Other forms of TI (1):
- TISform of TI: shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing
Words that start with TI:
- TIAN
- TICKa metallic tapping sound
- TICSform of TIC: a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
- TIDEthe periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
- TIDYreceptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- TIEDform of TIE: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- TIERa relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- TIESform of TIE: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of TI and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
These use exactly the letters of TI:
- ITthe third person singular neuter pronoun
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
TI + A
TI + B
- BITform of BITE: to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
TI + C
- TICa local and habitual twitching especially in the face
TI + D
- DITthe shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
TI + E
- TIEfasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
TI + F
- FITbe agreeable or acceptable to
TI + G
- GITa person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
TI + H
- HITcause to move by striking
TI + K
- KITa case for containing a set of articles
TI + N
- NITa luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
Memory tip
TI is the seventh note of the scale, just before do comes round again. Its other spelling is TE.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with T
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
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