BAGATELLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BAGATELLE 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 BAGATELLE?
| 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 BAGATELLE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAGATELLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bagatellesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAGATELLE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BAGATELLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BAGATELLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BAGATELLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thing of little value or importance, or a short light piece of music.
A bagatelle is a trifle, something too small to worry about. The word also names an old table game in which balls are rolled up a board toward numbered holes, and a short piece for piano, as in Beethoven's collections.
How BAGATELLE is used
Used in literary writing for a trifling matter, and in music and games for the specific senses.
- The loss of the pen was a mere bagatelle compared with his other troubles.
- Beethoven wrote several bagatelle pieces for the piano.
- They played bagatelle on a wooden board in the pub.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAGATELLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAGATELLE
1 longer words begin with BAGATELLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BAGATELLE
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Common questions about BAGATELLE
- Is BAGATELLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAGATELLE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAGATELLE worth?
- BAGATELLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAGATELLE mean?
- A thing of little value or importance, or a short light piece of music.
- What letters can be added to BAGATELLE?
- BAGATELLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BAGATELLE:
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