CONTE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CONTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONTE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONTE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
contesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CONTE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CONTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What stands out about CONTE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CONTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A short story or brief narrative tale, especially one in the French literary tradition.
A conte is typically shorter and more tightly focused than a novel, often built around a single incident, twist, or moral point, and the term is borrowed directly from French literary criticism. Writers and critics discussing French short fiction use conte to distinguish the form from the longer roman, or novel, and English criticism sometimes borrows the word when describing a compact, tale-like story in any language. The medieval conte often carried a folk or fairy-tale quality.
How CONTE is used
Countable noun, used mainly in literary criticism and writing about French fiction.
- The professor assigned a classic French conte for discussion.
- Her latest book collects a dozen short conte pieces.
- The medieval conte often taught a simple moral lesson.
- Critics compared the novella to a lengthened conte.
- He described the story as a conte rather than a full novel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CONTE
The 5 tiles of CONTE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CONTE
Showing 24 of 136 words that begin with CONTE.
Words with CONTE inside
Showing 24 of 47 words that contain CONTE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CONTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CONTE
Common questions about CONTE
- Is CONTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONTE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONTE worth?
- CONTE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONTE mean?
- A short story or brief narrative tale, especially one in the French literary tradition.
- What letters can be added to CONTE?
- CONTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CONTE:
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