ASSONANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ASSONANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASSONANCE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASSONANCE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASSONANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
assonancesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASSONANCE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ASSONANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASSONANCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASSONANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words, without matching consonants.
Poets use assonance to give a line music without full rhyme: "tide" and "mine" echo each other through the long vowel. It differs from alliteration, which repeats opening consonants.
How ASSONANCE is used
Assonance is a term from poetry and literary criticism.
- The assonance in "fleet feet sweep" gives the line a quick beat.
- Her poem relied on assonance rather than strict rhyme.
- Students were asked to find the assonance in the opening verse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASSONANCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASSONANCE
1 longer words begin with ASSONANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in ASSONANCE
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Common questions about ASSONANCE
- Is ASSONANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASSONANCE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASSONANCE worth?
- ASSONANCE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASSONANCE mean?
- The repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words, without matching consonants.
- What letters can be added to ASSONANCE?
- ASSONANCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ASSONANCE:
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