CAMPANILE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CAMPANILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAMPANILE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAMPANILE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAMPANILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
campanilesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAMPANILE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CAMPANILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAMPANILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CAMPANILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A bell tower, especially an Italian one that stands apart from the church it serves.
The most famous campanile is probably the leaning tower of Pisa, though Venice has a tall one in St Mark's Square. The word comes straight from Italian and is used for towers of this style elsewhere.
How CAMPANILE is used
Used in architecture writing and travel guides.
- The campanile rose above the red roofs of the town.
- We climbed the campanile for a view of the square.
- A free-standing campanile is typical of Italian churches.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAMPANILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAMPANILE
1 longer words begin with CAMPANILE.
Shorter words from the letters in CAMPANILE
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Common questions about CAMPANILE
- Is CAMPANILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAMPANILE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAMPANILE worth?
- CAMPANILE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAMPANILE mean?
- A bell tower, especially an Italian one that stands apart from the church it serves.
- What letters can be added to CAMPANILE?
- CAMPANILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CAMPANILE:
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