CARILLON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CARILLON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARILLON?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARILLON is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARILLON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carillonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARILLON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CARILLON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARILLON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARILLON mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A set of bells in a tower, played from a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism.
A carillon needs many bells of different pitch, which is what separates it from a single church bell or a small peal. The name also covers a tune played on such an instrument, and the verb means to play one.
How CARILLON is used
Carillon is common in descriptions of town squares, churches and university towers.
- The carillon in the old tower plays a hymn every noon.
- Visitors climbed the stairs to watch the carillon player at work.
- A carillon rang out across the square on market day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARILLON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARILLON
9 longer words begin with CARILLON.
Shorter words from the letters in CARILLON
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Common questions about CARILLON
- Is CARILLON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARILLON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARILLON worth?
- CARILLON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARILLON mean?
- A set of bells in a tower, played from a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism.
- What letters can be added to CARILLON?
- CARILLON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CARILLON:
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