CONCERTINA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CONCERTINA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONCERTINA?
| 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 CONCERTINA is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONCERTINA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
concertinasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CONCERTINA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CONCERTINA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONCERTINA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CONCERTINA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small, hexagonal free-reed instrument played by squeezing bellows between the hands and pressing buttons at each end.
Folk musicians love the concertina for its bright, reedy sound and its portability. The word is also used for anything that folds up in pleats, as when a train crash makes carriages shut up like one.
How CONCERTINA is used
The word concertina names the instrument and, figuratively, things that fold or collapse in accordion-style pleats.
- He played a lively jig on the concertina.
- The sailors passed the evening singing around a battered concertina.
- The paper lantern opened like a concertina.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONCERTINA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CONCERTINA
3 longer words begin with CONCERTINA.
Shorter words from the letters in CONCERTINA
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Common questions about CONCERTINA
- Is CONCERTINA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONCERTINA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONCERTINA worth?
- CONCERTINA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONCERTINA mean?
- A small, hexagonal free-reed instrument played by squeezing bellows between the hands and pressing buttons at each end.
- What letters can be added to CONCERTINA?
- CONCERTINA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CONCERTINA:
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