ARIETTA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ARIETTA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARIETTA?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARIETTA is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARIETTA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ariettasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARIETTA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ARIETTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 45,746.
What stands out about ARIETTA
- ARIETTA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARIETTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A short, simple song for a solo voice, lighter than a full aria.
An arietta often turns up inside a larger opera or cantata as a brief lyrical moment. It is smaller in scale and usually has fewer vocal fireworks than the big set pieces around it.
How ARIETTA is used
Arietta is used in discussions of opera, cantata and vocal music for a compact solo number.
- The soprano sang a delicate arietta before the second act.
- Between the long recitatives came a charming arietta for the maid.
- He composed an arietta that lasted barely two minutes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARIETTA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARIETTA
1 longer words begin with ARIETTA.
Shorter words from the letters in ARIETTA
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Common questions about ARIETTA
- Is ARIETTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARIETTA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARIETTA worth?
- ARIETTA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARIETTA mean?
- A short, simple song for a solo voice, lighter than a full aria.
- What letters can be added to ARIETTA?
- ARIETTA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ARIETTA:
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