Is “Tegument” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
TEGUMENT
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Tegument

/ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/

noun
  1. 1.Something which covers; a covering or coating.

    1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)

  2. 2.A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.