ALFRESCO is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ALFRESCO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALFRESCO?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALFRESCO is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALFRESCO
No single letter turns ALFRESCO into another word.
How ALFRESCO scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALFRESCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALFRESCO has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ALFRESCO
- All 8 letters of ALFRESCO are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALFRESCO mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In the open air rather than inside a building.
Alfresco comes from Italian and most often describes meals or events held outdoors. It works both after a verb, as in dine alfresco, and before a noun, as in an alfresco lunch. The word suggests a relaxed, pleasant setting.
How ALFRESCO is used
Used for eating and entertaining outdoors, either as an adverb or before a noun.
- On warm evenings we like to dine alfresco on the terrace.
- The cafe offers alfresco seating beside the canal.
- They decided to hold the wedding lunch alfresco in the orchard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALFRESCO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ALFRESCO
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Common questions about ALFRESCO
- Is ALFRESCO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALFRESCO, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALFRESCO worth?
- ALFRESCO is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALFRESCO mean?
- In the open air rather than inside a building.
- What letters can be added to ALFRESCO?
- No single letter can be added to ALFRESCO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALFRESCO:
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