tri
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 3
- Words With Friends
- 3
- Letters
- 3
Definition of tri
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(attributive)triathlon
“a tri bike”
“a tri suit”
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noun
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(attributive)triathlon
“a tri bike”
“a tri suit”
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triangle
“The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris. Anything within that range is sufficient to accommodate all superficial anatomical details without resort to optimization beyond normal model cleanup.”
“Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes.”
- (colloquial, uncommon)triceps
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Triple Reuptake Inhibitor.
name
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Toxic Release Inventory.
- (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Toyota Research Institute.
- A surname from Vietnamese.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).
Words you can make from tri
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