ACCORDION is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ACCORDION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACCORDION?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACCORDION is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACCORDION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
accordionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACCORDION scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ACCORDION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACCORDION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACCORDION mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A portable musical instrument with a folding bellows, played by squeezing and stretching it while pressing keys or buttons.
The accordion drives the sound of folk dances in France, Italy and eastern Europe, and it suits street music because it can be carried. Designers borrow its name for anything that folds in pleats, such as an accordion door.
How ACCORDION is used
Names the instrument, and also describes things that fold or expand like it.
- The street musician played an accordion by the fountain.
- Her grandfather taught her to play the accordion.
- The accordion folded flat when he stopped playing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACCORDION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACCORDION
3 longer words begin with ACCORDION.
Shorter words from the letters in ACCORDION
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Common questions about ACCORDION
- Is ACCORDION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACCORDION, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACCORDION worth?
- ACCORDION is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACCORDION mean?
- A portable musical instrument with a folding bellows, played by squeezing and stretching it while pressing keys or buttons.
- What letters can be added to ACCORDION?
- ACCORDION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ACCORDION:
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