ARIOSO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ARIOSO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARIOSO?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARIOSO is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARIOSO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ariososChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARIOSO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ARIOSO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,900.
What does ARIOSO mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A short passage of vocal music, especially in opera or oratorio, that sits between plain, speech-like recitative and a fully developed aria, leaning toward melody without an aria's formal structure.
Composers use an arioso to let a character express emotion more lyrically than plain recitative allows, without pausing the action for a complete aria. The style became especially common in Baroque and early Romantic opera, where it bridges spoken-style dialogue and set musical numbers. An arioso is typically brief and often leads directly into or out of a recitative passage within the same scene.
How ARIOSO is used
A specialized musical term describing a style of vocal writing; the plural form used in English is either ariosos or ariosi.
- The tenor's brief arioso conveyed more feeling than the recitative around it.
- This scene includes a short arioso before the aria proper begins.
- The composer wrote an arioso to underline the character's sudden grief.
- Music historians trace the arioso back to early Baroque opera.
- The conductor asked the singer for a smoother, more lyrical arioso.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARIOSO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARIOSO
1 longer words begin with ARIOSO.
Shorter words from the letters in ARIOSO
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Common questions about ARIOSO
- Is ARIOSO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARIOSO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARIOSO worth?
- ARIOSO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARIOSO mean?
- A short passage of vocal music, especially in opera or oratorio, that sits between plain, speech-like recitative and a fully developed aria, leaning toward melody without an aria's formal structure.
- What letters can be added to ARIOSO?
- ARIOSO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ARIOSO:
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