ALPENHORN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ALPENHORN 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 ALPENHORN?
| 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 ALPENHORN is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALPENHORN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alpenhornsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALPENHORN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALPENHORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALPENHORN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALPENHORN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A very long wooden horn without valves, played in the Alps by herdsmen to call cattle and send signals across valleys.
An alpenhorn can be several metres long, and its deep tone carries across mountain valleys. Today it appears at folk festivals and in tourist shows as much as in the pastures.
How ALPENHORN is used
Names the Swiss and Alpine instrument; alphorn is the shorter form of the same word.
- The sound of an alpenhorn drifted down from the high meadow.
- He learned to play the alpenhorn during a summer in Switzerland.
- A single alpenhorn opened the folk festival at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALPENHORN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALPENHORN
1 longer words begin with ALPENHORN.
Shorter words from the letters in ALPENHORN
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Common questions about ALPENHORN
- Is ALPENHORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALPENHORN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALPENHORN worth?
- ALPENHORN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALPENHORN mean?
- A very long wooden horn without valves, played in the Alps by herdsmen to call cattle and send signals across valleys.
- What letters can be added to ALPENHORN?
- ALPENHORN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALPENHORN:
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