CHACONNE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CHACONNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHACONNE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHACONNE is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHACONNE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chaconnesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHACONNE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CHACONNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHACONNE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHACONNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A slow musical piece built on a repeating bass line with a series of variations above it, originally an old dance.
The chaconne began as a lively Spanish dance and became a stately form in baroque music. Bach wrote the most famous example, a chaconne for solo violin that lasts about a quarter of an hour.
How CHACONNE is used
Used in music for the variation form and for the old dance it came from.
- The violinist closed the recital with a chaconne by Bach.
- A chaconne repeats its bass pattern while the upper voices change.
- The court danced a graceful chaconne in triple time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHACONNE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHACONNE
1 longer words begin with CHACONNE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHACONNE
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Common questions about CHACONNE
- Is CHACONNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHACONNE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHACONNE worth?
- CHACONNE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHACONNE mean?
- A slow musical piece built on a repeating bass line with a series of variations above it, originally an old dance.
- What letters can be added to CHACONNE?
- CHACONNE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CHACONNE:
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