CARILLONNEUR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CARILLONNEUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARILLONNEUR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARILLONNEUR is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARILLONNEUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carillonneursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARILLONNEUR scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in CARILLONNEUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARILLONNEUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CARILLONNEUR
- CARILLONNEUR contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CARILLONNEUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A musician who plays a carillon, a set of bells sounded from a keyboard.
A carillonneur strikes the keys with the fists and pedals with the feet, so the job is physical as well as musical. Many carillons stand in church towers or university campuses, where the carillonneur gives recitals.
How CARILLONNEUR is used
Carillonneur is a French-derived word used in articles about bell towers and concerts.
- The carillonneur climbed the tower stairs before the Sunday concert.
- A skilled carillonneur can make bells sound like a melody on a piano.
- The town hired a carillonneur from Belgium.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARILLONNEUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARILLONNEUR
1 longer words begin with CARILLONNEUR.
Shorter words from the letters in CARILLONNEUR
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Common questions about CARILLONNEUR
- Is CARILLONNEUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARILLONNEUR, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARILLONNEUR worth?
- CARILLONNEUR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARILLONNEUR mean?
- A musician who plays a carillon, a set of bells sounded from a keyboard.
- What letters can be added to CARILLONNEUR?
- CARILLONNEUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of CARILLONNEUR:
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