ACCELERANDO is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ACCELERANDO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACCELERANDO?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACCELERANDO is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACCELERANDO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
accelerandosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACCELERANDO scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ACCELERANDO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACCELERANDO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACCELERANDO mean in Scrabble?
adverb
music
Gradually getting faster, used as a direction in music.
Composers write accelerando over a passage to tell players to speed up little by little. It is Italian, and the opposite is rallentando. The same word can name the passage itself.
How ACCELERANDO is used
Written on a musical score, abbreviated accel., or used as a noun for the passage.
- The conductor marked the bar accelerando.
- The finale builds in a long accelerando.
- Play the run accelerando until the final chord.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACCELERANDO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACCELERANDO
1 longer words begin with ACCELERANDO.
Shorter words from the letters in ACCELERANDO
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Common questions about ACCELERANDO
- Is ACCELERANDO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACCELERANDO, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACCELERANDO worth?
- ACCELERANDO is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACCELERANDO mean?
- Gradually getting faster, used as a direction in music.
- What letters can be added to ACCELERANDO?
- ACCELERANDO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ACCELERANDO:
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