ALLEMANDE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ALLEMANDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLEMANDE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLEMANDE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLEMANDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
allemandesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALLEMANDE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALLEMANDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLEMANDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLEMANDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A stately dance of German origin, or the music for it, often the first movement of a baroque suite.
Allemande is a moderate dance in duple time that opens many suites by Bach and his contemporaries. In country and square dancing the term also names a figure in which neighbouring dancers link arms and turn.
How ALLEMANDE is used
Allemande is used in music history and in folk and square dance calling.
- The suite opens with a graceful allemande.
- The caller announced an allemande left.
- She played the allemande from memory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLEMANDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALLEMANDE
1 longer words begin with ALLEMANDE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLEMANDE
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Common questions about ALLEMANDE
- Is ALLEMANDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLEMANDE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLEMANDE worth?
- ALLEMANDE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLEMANDE mean?
- A stately dance of German origin, or the music for it, often the first movement of a baroque suite.
- What letters can be added to ALLEMANDE?
- ALLEMANDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALLEMANDE:
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