Is “Tense” a Scrabble word?
Yes
TENSE
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Tense
/tɛns/
noun
1.(grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
2.(grammar) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
“English only has a present tense and a past tense; it has no future tense.”
3.The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
“Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.”
verb
1.(grammar) To apply a tense to.
“tensing a verb”